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The February 2022 Auction: Part 1

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Auction Ends: 2/3/2022 6:00:00 PM PDT

Lot #918. Cayuse Vineyards Syrah Cailloux Vineyard 2017

Description: Consists of 2 Bottles, 0.75L
Score: 95+ ST.
"Bright red-ruby. Highly complex, soil-driven aromas of raspberry, red licorice, smoked meat, pepper and rose petal. Intense, savory and concentrated; quite penetrating and youthful in the way of the 2016 bottling, showing little in the way of easy sweetness in spite of its terrific flavor intensity and depth. Not a thick wine but remarkably juicy. A very structured version of this bottling, in need of time to harmonize, soften and expand. As much saline as sweet, showing a briney olive tapenade note. This Syrah will rely more on its firm tannic spine than on its acidity for energy. Finishes very long and authoritative, if a bit uncompromising today. Incidentally, Cayuse did not bottle a Viognier in 2018 as Christophe Baron and Elizabeth Bourcier decided that the fruit was not up to their usual standards." Vinous.com Dec 2020
Provenance: The Banyan Cellar
Lot Location: Orange County
Estimate: $170

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