TN: 2014 Cayuse - Syrah Cailloux Vineyard (USA, Oregon, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley)

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How do we find ourselves more than a decade post-vintage, and we still don’t have a thread for this wine? Doesn’t anybody drink their Cayuse? … maybe nobody’s buying anymore? … :man_shrugging: … anyways, if you have two or three bottles, and have not yet tried this one, now is a good time.

2014 Cayuse Syrah Cailloux Vineyard - USA, Oregon, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley (8/26/2026)
– decanted 30 min. before initial taste –
– tasted non-blind over 4.5 hrs. –

NOSE: expressive; purple-fruited and savory; has the Cayuse thing going on, but of medium strength; green peppercorn; faint raspberry; slightly high-toned.

BODY: garnet-violet color of medium-deep depth with slight bricking throughout; medium-light to medium bodied.

TASTE: savory; smoked meats; purple fruited; light pepper note, and a touch earthy; not tannic; medium acidity; open; no brett; 13.6% alc. pretty well-hidden; very nice. Drink or Hold.

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Thanks on the notes.
Still on the 12’s and 13’s and will wean off the Cayuse purchases in another year or two. Maybe keep the magnums.
I think the wait list has gone from 10 years to about 5.
Know many people dropping this from their annual buy list.
Price keeps going up and I have plenty of inventory.
So many great sales these days.

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I still have four of these. So should pull one out soon!! Thanks for th me nice and useful note.

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