TN: 2014 The Walls Vineyards Syrah Gaspard

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  • 2014 The Walls Vineyards Syrah Gaspard - USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain (7/27/2017)
    The Walls was a clear highlight of a recent trip to WW, and really pleased this showed as well as I remember it from the tasting room. Decanted 4 hrs, shows some real serious Cote Rotie like bacon notes, as well white flowers and a touch of ash. I loved the fruit profile here, pure blackberry but restrained and almost delicate - an inky quality too. I’d guess the oak was 20 to 30% tops. If its higher, damn, well done. Should be a beautiful canvas for further development. I though well priced too for what’s in the bottle $45. Class in a glass no question. (92 pts.)

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Dale–I’ll be there next week, and I’ll try to track down Ali, or at least the wines. they are certainly one of the most interesting new places.

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John, knowing your palate from various posts on WB, I can say with confidence this is well worth your time. Besides the quality of the wine, I found the low key tasting room very refreshing compared to the normal wine bar set up / they have a couple of nice couches or a table to sit down to, with a pretty detailed explanation with each pour. I would welcome your thoughts on the wines. I thought they were all very good (except Tempranillo wine I think was a little too acidic) with the cabernet blend as a highlight that was tasted from barrel. Dale

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I did make it to The Walls this weekend–always a good visit. Unfortunately Ali and Jake were bottling and we didn’t get much of a chance to chat. Of the wines that they haven’t sold out of, I agree the Gaspard was the winner. I also liked the Stanley Groovy, probably in part because it’s 80% Touriga national, and we just got back from Portugal and the Duoro river, and sampled a number of nice dry Touriga’s while there. The stanley groovy is a bit soft on the palate, but has a great spiciness to it that brought back memories of Portugal. (They also make some pretty nice Chardonays, but I really don’t need tobe buying domestic Chard, other than John Abbot’s at Devona, which we sampled this weekend as well).

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We opened a bottle last night for a nightcap after a bottle of cool Bojo with dinner, hit us like a ton of bricks!