Vanessa Vineyard Syrah, 2015
Platinum – Wine Press Northwest Platinum Competition, 2019
Platinum – Wine Press Northwest Platinum Competition, 2019
Silver – Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition, 2019
Silver – Intervin International Wine Awards, 2019
Silver – Los Angeles International Wine Competition, 2019
Silver – Los Angeles International Wine Competition, 2019
Silver -National Wine Awards of Canada, 2019
91 points – This is an impressive, big, fairly soft yet well defined syrah. Deeply hued ruby, the nose is generous with ripe almost cooked black cherry, deep florals, smoked meat, licorice and pepper, plus plenty of oak from 20 months ageing in French and American oak. It is full bodied, fairly dense, hottish and quite tannic as well. The length is excellent with the pepper and dried herbs on the finish. Points here for classic expression, but you might want to age this for two or three years to see if tannins align.
Gold – All Canadian Wine Championships, 2019
Gold – Cascadia International Wine Competition, 2019
Silver – Pacific Rim Wine Competition, 2019