FORCE MAJEURE Syrah, Columbia Valley 2016

The 2016 Force Majeure Syrah is a marvelous wine made by Todd Alexander that is already showing beautifully in its youth. Roughly 20% of this wine underwent while cluster fermentation. The Syrah was aged in 25% new oak for 18 months prior to bottling. The nose shows wonderful dark fruits with smoky character, sage, dark chocolate, and damp earth. The palate is exceedingly refined. Black tea, black forest cake, cigar ash and smoked brisket flavors with citrus rind undertones that all marvelously combine. There is a seamless quality to this wine that glides across the mid-palate. Seductive and rich, yet maintaining a wonderful elegance and an intriguing salinity, this is a simply tremendous bottling by Force Majeure. I would gather to say that this is up there with the best Red Mountain Syrah I have ever tasted.
RatingValueDrink
95$752019-2032

CountryRegionAppellation
United States Washington Columbia Valley

Editor IssueImporter
O. BargreenSeptember, 2019

Find More: WASHINGTON 2016, Washington Vol. IV (2016-2018)

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