Lot 379
CAYUSE VINEYARDS BIONIC FROG SYRAH 2011 (6) 96 WA
CAYUSE VINEYARDS BIONIC FROG SYRAH 2012 (6) 99 WA
Lot 379 Details
CAYUSE VINEYARDS BIONIC FROG SYRAH 2011 (6)Walla Walla. Columbia Valley.
The 2011 Syrah Bionic Frog is another rocking Syrah from Christophe that does everything right. Creme de cassis, blackberry, smoked earth, toasted spice and violets emerge from the glass, and it flows onto the palate with full-bodied richness, beautiful purity of fruit and brilliant length. Gaining more minerality with time in the glass, it will continue to flesh out nicely with another handful of years in the cellar, and have two decades of ultimate longevity. 96 WA
CAYUSE VINEYARDS BIONIC FROG SYRAH 2012 (6)
Walla Walla. Columbia Valley.
While a lot of the 2012s came in near the bottom of the barrel score, that wasn't the case with the 2012 Syrah Bionic Frog and this beauty flirts with perfection. Inky colored and purple to the rim, it offers extraordinary notes of black fruits, wild mushrooms, smoked earth and salty minerality. These all flow to a full-bodied, thrillingly concentrated, focused, structured and lengthy 2012 that needs 4-5 years of cellaring, and will knock your socks off over the following 15 years or more. 99 WA
12 bts. per lot $3,100 - $3,500