2015 Avennia Syrah Arnaut Boushey Vineyard Yakima Valley

For our taste, no one grows finer Syrah in WA than Dick Boushey. We make this wine with minimal manipulation, using native yeasts, bottling unfined and unfiltered, to allow the “place” to shine through. We named it after the Provencal Troubadour Arnaut Daniel, who invented the Sestina poem form, thus creating a connection between our two flagship efforts. Exotic nose of boysenberry and blueberry reduction, grilled meat, orange peel, and minerals on the nose. The palate is rich and round, very concentrated with mountain berry liqueur, savory meat notes, fresh ground Ethiopian coffee, and liquefied minerals. Put this in the cellar for 2-3 years, and it will be screaming for a long, long time. --Chris Peterson, Winemaker's Notes