Betz Family Winery, La Cote Patriarche Syrah, Yakima Valley

Une dégustation de syrah agréable en compagnie de Boule, Washington de chez Betz Family et un Saint-Joseph Guigal. 3 du millésime 2019 et 1 du millésime 2018. La Côte Patriarche 2018 (vieilles vignes de la maison 2018), La Serenne 2019 (plus haute altitude), Domaine de Pierres 2019 Walla Walla (roches roulées) et Guigal Lieu-Dit Saint-Joseph 2019 (St-Joseph comme son nom l'indique). La Côte Patriarche, robe opaque, rubis foncé, une bonne dose de sédiment sur le Diam10. Le nez est le …

Lush and very drinkable now. The tannins have softened so it is big, mellow with some nice spice in the finish.

Full throttle Syrah from the Red Willow Vineyard. Great rich red fruit, some white pepper and nice hot smoke.

Great fullo throtled Washington cab. Plenty of deep red fruit, game and forest flora.

Great Syrah. Rich fruit, pepper and spice. Tannins already tamed, smooth finish.

Winebid Betz Tasting. Held in the glass for 2 hours before tasting. Damson on the nose. Clean red fruit, top of mouth, medium body, long finish. No WA Syrah funk. Very fine tannins. Amazingly available at this date. Very different Syrah from the Pierres (Rocks). This is the Red Willow vineyard.

This our second favorite wine of the 2018 Betz Rhone release. Gorgeously smooth, right and surprisingly ready to drink. A strong herbal nose is countered by ripe raspberries, orange liquor, olive, asian spices and black tea on the palate. I cannot get over how great this is drinking now, also how it has everything needed to age gracefully. 94-96 point potential.