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Perhaps you’ve heard the almost mythical story, how the brash, young French Vigneron visited the then little-known town called Walla Walla, and fell in love with a few acres of seemingly useless, stone-covered farmland. While the nay-sayers nayed, Christophe Baron deftly turned that field of stones into the acclaimed Cayuse Vineyards. And the rest, as they say, is history—and a whole lot of spectacular wine.
Christophe purchased the property and planted his first vineyard in the Stones of the Walla Walla Valley on March 21, 1997. “People said I was crazy, that I’d break my equipment and waste my time and money,” he recalls. “But I knew that vines need to struggle in difficult ground in order to provide their best.”
He called the venture Cayuse Vineyards, after a Native American tribe
whose name was derived from the French word “cailloux”—which means “stones.” In the following years, it has grown to five vineyards, encompassing a little more than 47 acres.
What was considered by many a foolish gamble on that field of stones has been rewarded year after year with some of the most acclaimed wines in the region—and in the nation.
Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2011 |
Rating | 96 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | USA |
Region | Washington |
Location | Columbia Valley |
Producer | Cayuse Vineyards |
Color | Red |
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Rating | 96 RP - 2011 Cayuse God Only Knows Armada Vineyard Syrah - 96 pts The 2011 Grenache God Only Knows is shockingly good in the vintage. Sporting a big, masculine profile, with notions of lite gunpowder, ground pepper, herbs and wild strawberry and blackberry fruit, it flows onto the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a full, rich mid-palate and a healthy dose of tannin that will require short-term cellaring to integrate. This knockout Grenache will be at its finest from 2016-2026. RP |
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Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2011 |
Rating | 96 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | USA |
Region | Washington |
Location | Columbia Valley |
Producer | Cayuse Vineyards |
Color | Red |
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Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2011 |
Rating | 96 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | USA |
Region | Washington |
Location | Columbia Valley |
Producer | Cayuse Vineyards |
Color | Red |
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Varietal | Syrah |
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Vintage | 2011 |
Rating | 96 RP |
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Region | Washington |
Location | Columbia Valley |
Producer | Cayuse Vineyards |
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