Horsepower Vineyards, High Contrast Vineyard, Syrah 2018 Large Format in the mid-Willamette valley

in the mid-Willamette valley

With striking intensity

ripe Merlot sings in this black-fruited wine

whose eponymous label is one of the best of the Pacific Northwest

liquid rock-like minerality

Horsepower Vineyards, High Contrast Vineyard, Syrah 2018 Large Format in the mid-Willamette valley97 points Jeb Dunnuck Last of the Syrahs, the 2018 Syrah High Contrast Vineyard reveals a deep ruby purple color as well as a wonderfully complex, classic Syrah nose of red and black fruits, cured meats, mushrooms, bacon fat, iron, and forest floor, with a touch of flowers emerging with time in the glass. With its medium to full bodied richness, firm, focusing tannins, and great finish, it's another wine that takes savoriness to the nth degree. I love