2007 Forgotten Hills Vineyard Syrah

{Walla Walla Valley}

If you enjoy earthy, smoky, stinky, musty Syrah, made in a quintessential Old World style, you will love this wine. Forgotten Hills is our most patriotic wine, as the first wave of aromatics in the glass will be gun powder, flint and smoke. The smokiness ushers in layers of earthy, food-friendly expression - mushrooms, truffles, white pepper, bacon, dried fruit, cloves, anise and rhubarb. The wine feels big without being modern, sweet or extracted. Complexity abounds in this wine and it will evolve beautifully and considerably over many years. And don't be shy, open it up and put it to the test ... against anything.

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