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2010 Owen Roe Syrah Ex-Umbris Columbia Valley
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2010 Owen Roe Syrah Ex-Umbris Columbia Valley

Producer: Owen Roe
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Washington
Region: Columbia Valley

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2012

(from deep volcanic ash and loess):  Bright red with ruby highlights.  Plush and sweet but sappy too, with a distinctly low-pH mouthfeel to the cool flavors of berries, licorice, flowers and garrigue.  Very suave syrah in an approachable style, finishing with restrained sweetness, rather light tannins and very good length.  (There's very little new oak in any of these syrahs, noted proprietor/winemaker David O'Reilly.)

90 Points | Wine Spectator

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Syrah

While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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