Cayuse En Chamberlin Syrah 2016

Professional Ratings

• 97 Jeb Dunnuck
  Incredibly northern Rhône-like, with beautiful raspberry, crushed flowers, smoked meats, and fireplace notes, the 2016 Syrah En Chamberlin Vineyard is full-bodied, fleshy, and incredibly sexy on the palate, with serious depth of fruit. It's a gorgeous, Côte Brune-like effort to drink over the coming 15-20 years.
• 97 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2016 Syrah en Chamberlin Vineyard has a black-fruited nose with dense aromatics that are heady and smoky. This has a big-shouldered expression on the palate, with a richly structured focus that seems to have no end. Robust and generous, the black-fruited core lingers on the extended finish with the weight of a masculine wine. A whole minute has passed, yet the dense and chewy expression remains on the palate with ripe tannins, black olives and smoked blackberries. With only 388 cases made for the world, it's your lucky day when you end up with some in your glass.

• 94 Wine Spectator
  Elegantly structured, yet plump with personality, showing expressive raspberry, bacon fat and crushed rock tones that glide on the long finish toward refined tannins
• 94 James Suckling

  This has a very expressive feel with a mix of sweet and savory notes, including leather, game, blackberries, pepper and a hint of balsamic. The palate has roundness that really charms and delivers a smooth, layered and curvaceously seductive feel. Spicy and meaty. Drink now or hold.