#17 Top Value Of 2021 (JS) WA Syrah!

STANDOUT SYRAH BACK IN STOCK!

“I couldn’t believe it when my sales rep told me that they found more of this fantastic Syrah, so I bought all they had left! The 96 point 2018 K Vintners Syrah Wahluke Slope The Deal from legendary winemaker Charles Smith is James Suckling's #17 Top Value Wine of 2021. Charles is known for crafting some of the best ‘bang for the buck’ wines that are coming out of Washington state, such as his Wines of Substance brand. The K Vintners' line up tends to be in the upper tier in his range of his brands, and The Deal Syrah is just that, a deal of a wine from an outstanding vintage! Jeb Dunnuck notes that it ‘shows the more elegant, streamlined style of the vintage, yet I love its balance.’ If you love great Syrah, you'll want to stock up on this powerful yet elegant wine – it’s drinking beautifully now and will continue to evolve over the coming decade. Enjoy!” – Glen Knight, The Wine House

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96 Points: “Some tea-bag and sweet-tobacco character to the dark-fruit and lightly toasted-oak character on both the nose and palate. Full-bodied, chewy and polished with a long, flavorful finish. Fine, powdery tannins. Needs time to soften, but already very pretty. Drink or hold.” – James Suckling (January 2022)

95 Points: “Currants, savory spices, dried flowers, charcoal, and loamy earth all emerge from the 2018 Syrah The Deal, which comes from the Sundance Vineyard on the Wahluke Slope. Showing plenty of more savory, earthy notes, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive texture, and ripe, polished tannins. It shows the more elegant, streamlined style of the vintage, yet I love its balance. It's going to benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age and keep for 10-12.” – Jeb Dunnuck (May 2021)

FROM THE WINERY

TASTING NOTES BY WINEMAKER CHARLES SMITH
Liquid olive, black fruit, campfire ash; penetrating and insistent degrees of gravel, warm earth, dark coffee, cool stone. Medium bodied,full-flavored. Complete.

VINTAGE NOTES
The 2018 vintage was incredible! This outstanding vintage began mild followed by a long and dry ripening season in the fall. This enabled us to hang the fruit to reach optimal ripeness without losing acidity or increasing sugars. The wines from 2018 are exceptional in many ways, from the great expression of the whites to the beautiful refinement and complexity of the reds. Enjoy

VINEYARD
Sundance Vineyard (100%)
One of the oldest vineyards on the Wahluke Slope, planted in 1997. The site is topsoil over gravel, sand and broken down basalt with more caliche than other sites in the Wahluke. The vineyard,because of its aspect, is also a later ripening site allowing for great concentration.

WINEMAKING
Varietal Breakdown: 100% Syrah
Appellation: Wahluke Slope
Production: 2.9 tons per acre | native yeast | 100% whole cluster fermentation | 48 days on skins | 30% new French oak puncheons | 21 months barrel-aged on lees

UPDATED CURBSIDE PICKUP INSTRUCTIONS (AUGUST 2021):

1. Place your online order, select “curbside pickup” and the date you wish to pick up your order. You will receive several emails. The first will acknowledge receipt of your order, another will let you know that your order is ready for curbside pickup.

2. When your order is ready for curbside pickup, it will be at the front of the store. IMPORTANT! Due to space constraints, orders will only be held in the front of the store for curbside pickup for 3 days. After 3 days, they will be moved back to Will Call by the Customer Service Desk inside the store.

3. When picking up, pull up in front of the store. There is no need to call when you arrive at the store – just roll down your passenger window and let us know the name on the order. We will put your order in your vehicle. There is no need to step out of your vehicle.