Vanessa Vineyard Syrah 2015

Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate rated this wine as 91/100 with the following review:

Produced from 100% estate-grown Syrah, co-fermented in small batches with a small percentage of Viognier produced in the traditional Rhone style. I first tasted this Syrah about a year ago and it was great then and is great now. The only difference now is the toasty oak spice on this wine has further integrated (aged for 20 months in new and second use American and French oak barrels) and the fine-grained tannins are more approachable. This Similkameen Valley Syrah is rich and mouth-filling with ripe dark berries, licorice, meaty, cocoa, savoury spice flavours silky-smooth on the palate and finishing with a kiss of vanilla. Poured with grilled venison steak. Tasted January 2021.

Jennifer Havers rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Beautiful, with tons of fruit flavours bursting out of the glass. Aromas of blackberry, raspberry, and dark cherry, with hints of bramble / brush, smoke, cedar, and black pepper. Full bodied, with smooth tannins, and tons of ripe, plush fruit and berry notes, with smoke, pepper and a touch of cedar balanced with fruit and carrying through on a lengthy finish. Enjoy with a steak after 45 minutes in the decanter to really let the flavours open up.