K Vintners Motor City Kitty Syrah 2015 | Rich, Bold and full-bodied 94 pointer

94JD | The 2015 Syrah Motor City Kitty Old Field Boushey Vineyard comes all from this site (planted by Brennon and Dick Boushey in 2007) in 2015 and will come from this site going forward. The site is 8 acres consisting of Phelps, 383, 174 clones that are all co-fermented in concrete uprights. It offers crazy notes of smoke tobacco, charcoal, ripe black cherries, currants, and pepper. With medium to full-bodied richness, a lively, pure, pretty style on the palate, and fine tannin, it should put on weight with 2-3 years of bottle age and keep for a decade.

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92WE | Though labeled as Washington State, all of the fruit from this wine comes from Oldfield Vineyard in the Yakima Valley, next to famed Boushey Vineyard. The aromas are brooding on the first pour.  In addition notes of berry, fresh herb, orange peel, ground rock, bacon fat, and smoke. The palate is full of seamless fruit and savory flavors. The tannins give a firm squeeze. Give it a decant if opening in the near term.

91RP | The 2015 MCK Syrah is rich and complex, wafting from the glass with notes of grilled meat, creosote, licorice, and roasted black fruits. Most of all, full-bodied, juicy and youthfully chewy.  Plus with some firm structuring tannins that will require some bottle age to melt and a dry, savory and somewhat wild finish.

K Vintners Winery

Located at the base of the Blue Mountains in Walla Walla Washington.  K Vintners opened its doors to the public on December 3rd, 2001. The property at 820 Mill Creek Road where the winery sits was homesteaded in 1853.   While the adjacent farmhouse built in 1872. The winery grounds with Titus Creek flowing through the lawn and the old pioneer planted trees is a little slice of heartland Americana.

The Vineyards: K Vintners is producing wines from 2 distinctive viticultural zones: Wahluke Slope and Walla Walla Valley. Each of these areas is unique and awesome for Syrah and the Field Blends produced.

Winemaker Charles Smith

The Winemaker: He loves to drink wine! Charles Smith, proprietor, and winemaker comes to Walla Walla after 11 years in Scandinavia. Originally from northern California, he has been involved with wine personally and professionally his whole life. And did we forget to mention… he loves to drink wine!