Gramercy Cellars
Walla Walla Valley, Washington
Syrah
2010
$49.99
13.9%
Matured purple core, cloudily opaque, the rims are a burnt sunset red to orange, there it looks even more advanced. The nose is mute, very little to discern, basic black fruits, stone, some vanilla powder and toast, that's it. Medium-bodied, dusty tannins, stony and leathery with a beef jerky aspect. The blueberry, boysenberry, raspberry fruit is tart and puckering. Displays some caramel, toffee edges but doesn't seem too oaky. Floral with sour oranges, it could be prettier if not marred by an alcoholic burn, this in spite of its relatively low ABV. Smokier towards the finish, not showing much length.
87 points