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Syncline 2011 Subduction Red (Columbia Valley (WA))
- Editors' Choice
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- $20
Always extremely popular, this Southern Rhône-style six-grape blend is especially noteworthy in 2011. It’s a powerful wine that has a broad array of red and purple fruits, plus penetrating focus. This is juicy, forward and immediately delicious, and it also has the structure to age, perhaps surprisingly well.
— P.G.
(4/1/2013)
Syncline 2002 Milbrandt Vineyards Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $20
Sweet, spicy, almost pungent with meaty, bright berry scents. It shows a beautiful nose, fragrant and seductive, spiced with white pepper, blueberry and violets. It’s clean and lifted, with everything—alcohol included—in balance.
— P.G.
(9/1/2004)
Syncline 2003 Reserve McKinley Springs Vineyard Syrah (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $30
Ambitiously styled, with a thick, voluptuous mouthfeel and lavish notes of smoke, toast and chocolate. If it sounds oaky, it is, but it still tastes good, with enough blackberry fruit to stand up to the wood. Finishes with a softly dusty note and ripe tannins.
— W.E.
(9/1/2005)
Syncline 2004 Viognier (Columbia Valley (WA))
- $20
360 cases were made of this rich and creamy Viognier. Scents of lemon and lime and rose petals lead into flavors of Meyer lemon, with a custardy mouthfeel. The wine retains a pleasing, citrus/tangerine crispness through the finish.
— P.G.
(12/15/2005)
Syncline 2004 Destiny Ridge Vineyard Syrah (Horse Heaven Hills)
- $28
This young fruit starts off with scents of huckleberries and violets, underscored with whiffs of clay and pepper. The minerality elevates it above the norm; the fruit is well-ripened but still tart and tight, acids are plentiful, and no new oak was used (or needed). This is impeccable winemaking, extracting every nuance from the grapes. 170 cases produced.
— P.G.
(3/1/2007)
Syncline 2006 Grenache (Wahluke Slope)
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- $22
From Northridge (Milbrandt) vineyard, the highest vineyard on the hill east of Matawa, up into stony soils, with straight south exposure. This has a gorgeous color and bright, fresh aromas of berry and cherry, bigger than the Cinsault, with some grip to the tannins.
— P.G.
(5/1/2008)
Syncline 2008 Roussanne (Horse Heaven Hills)
- $22
This pure Roussanne offers bracing acidity coupled with fleshy melon, citrus and pineapple. Balanced and fresh, it still shows a yeasty character, with hints of cracker from aging in older French oak.
— P.G.
(3/1/2010)
Syncline 2010 Underwood Mountain Vineyard Grüner Veltliner (Columbia Gorge (WA))
- Editors' Choice
- $20
Showing excellent varietal character, this light, textural, delicately spicy white wine is finished at just 12.8% alcohol, yet remains quite dry. There is a pleasing saltiness to the mouthfeel, almost like an Albariño, and the finish is crisp and nicely detailed.
— P.G.
(9/1/2011)
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