Champoux and DuBrul vineyards supplied the excellent fruit, roughly half each. This is Washington Syrah at its most dark, dense and deeply extracted. Beautifully structured, this exceptional wine is laced with roasted, toasty streaks of espresso and smoke. The fruit is substantial and more than up to the job of balancing the barrel flavors; you can’t really tell what flavors come from which. Long, polished and powerful, this is quite seductive and delicious. ——P.G.(3/1/2007)—— 92