as well as a good spine of acidity

root days for pruning

with a good weight in the middle and ideal acid balance with fine tannins completing the package

Furmint grapes were harvested at the end of September

This is an especially gracious

2012 Cayuse En Cerise Russian River Valley as well as a good2012 97 Points. is a fabulously complex, seamless and elegant Syrah that exhibits notes of dried cherries, currants, dried herbs, violets and cured meats. These all flow to a full bodied, nicely concentrated Syrah that shows the more structured, savory side to the vintage I think it will reward 3 4 years of cellaring, and keep for two decades. Jeb Dunnuck, The Wine Advocate 96 Points. Supple, ripe and expressive, layering currant, plum and cherry