A wine made with fruit from two great vineyards—Dineen and Ciel du Cheval—that's had time to age a few years in bottle? At this price? Step right up to the heady aromas of a cherry Dum-Dums lollipops, lemons, espresso shots, chalk and dried rose petals. Flavors like blackcap raspberry, poppy-seed cake and nutmeg will bring you back for more. The wine spent 22 months in a combination of new and used French oak, but the tannins are now nicely integrated.
- MICHAEL ALBERTY

Blackberries and a light touch of peach form the fruit core of an aromatic set that also includes iodine and wet rocks. Even after a few years in bottle, this wine's tannins are still grippy. Blackberry-cobbler, black-tea and vanilla-gelato flavors dominate the palate, with just a tiny amount of cedar.
- MICHAEL ALBERTY

Double Gold Medal at 2024 Pacific Northwest Wine Competition

Gold Medal at 2024 Washington Wine Awards

Gold Medal at 2024 Pacific Northwest Wine Competition

Double Gold Medal at 2024 Pacific Northwest Wine Competition

Getting to taste a 100% Petit Verdot is a rare treat. Getting to taste a well-made 100% Petit Verdot is pure joy. The aromas of blackberries, cassis and sage act as an intoxicating perfume. The fruit aromas mingle with notes of leather, violets, cigar box and graphite. The wine's silky tannins and bright acidity provide a perfect stage for flavors of ripe black cherries, bittersweet dark chocolate and an earthy quality that combines marjoram and porcini mushrooms.
- MICHAEL ALBERTY

White pepper and incense accentuate dried roses and black cherries as the 2017 Syrah Ciel Du Cheval Vineyard opens in the glass. It is silky and supple on the palate, with its juicy persona and crisp red and black fruits. It leaves a staining of minerality and exotic spice, finishing a bit chewy with adolescent tannins that pinch at the cheeks. While still in need of a bit of cellaring, the 2017 is a beautifully balanced Syrah that will surely over-deliver in the years to come.
-- Eric Guido - May 2023 - Drinking Window 2024 - 2029

The 2017 Syrah Stonetree Vineyard is dusty and floral in the glass, with licorice-tinged blackberries and sage. It’s soft-textured and savory in style. Brisk acidity motivates its crisp black fruits, and saline minerals slowly saturate. Tart red plums and balsamic spices remain, along with a bump of sour citrus to balance, as the 2017 tapers off lightly tannic and with a pleasant bitter tinge. The Syrah from Stonetree Vineyard has evolved beautifully in bottle, yet its tannins remain a bit edgy. -- Eric Guido - August 2023 - Drinking window: 2024 - 2029

Double Gold Medal at 2021 Bellingham Northwest Winefest 

Double Gold Medal at 2022 Washington Wine Awards