Winery - Tyrus Evan
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ken Wright creates a powerful, ripe and somewhat alcoholic red blend in this hot vintage. It feels a bit manipulated—the chalky tannins have been softened up and made more accessible—but the soft cherry fruit stands out and gives a warm, silky impression in the mouth.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ken Wright sources this fruit from the Pepper Bridge and Seven Hills vineyards, crafting a pleasant Bordeaux blend that shows the softer side of the valley’s fruit. Clean and forward, the mixed flavors of plum and berry are right up front, but the relative weightlessness of the finish suggests that these are from some of the younger vines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The Del Rio vineyard, in southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley AVA, has pioneered the cultivation of Syrah in that part of the Northwest. As the vines acquire some age, they are coming into focus, and the rough tannins seem to be more in balance with the fruit. These wines are somewhat similar in style to the Syrahs from the Okanagan valley of Canada, and they offer an earthy mix of flavor that puts the fruit under earth, soy, coffee and smoke. Tannins in this Tyrus Evan are beautifully managed, with the edges sanded down, and the wine has a lovely, lingering presence on the palate.
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Tyrus Evan Syrah - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The fruit comes from the Seven Hills vineyard, on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla AVA. The fruit flavors are an intriguing mix of black cherry, plum and bourbon-soaked fig; there’s nothing shy here. What is especially noteworthy is that winemaker Ken Wright has crafted a Syrah that is distinctively different from others that are using this fruit; it’s more stylized, the fruit more precise, the barrel flavors more advanced.
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Tyrus Evan Syrah - 2005
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