Cayuse Armada Vineyard Syrah
- Red
- United States
- Walla Walla Valley
- Shiraz/Syrah
- Tracked vintages
- 16
- Community notes
- 386
- Merchant offers
- 209
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 94/ 1002022 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 93/ 100386 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £98per 75 cl2019 · nearest vintage with a price · 3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024
- Drinking window
- 2018–2029peak2009 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 15 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: Washington State Syrah.
- Body3.9 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.4 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.5 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.8 / 5
- DrySweet
- Earth · smoke, minerals, leather, bacon fat, earthy
- Black fruit · blackberry, blueberry, dark fruit, black olive, olive tapenade
- Spice · pepper, savory, licorice, black licorice, anise
- Oak · vanilla, coffee, oak, chocolate, cedar
- Red fruit · cherry, strawberry, red fruit, cranberry, raspberry
- Ageing (non-oak) · peanut, teriyaki, toast
Grapes: Shiraz/Syrah. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2009One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2019
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202294criticunit not stated
- 202197criticunit not stated
- 202096criticunit not stated
- 201997critic£98 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024
- 201897criticunit not stated
- 201796critic£127 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, October 2023
- 201697critic£127 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, October 2023
- 201594critic£112 / 75cl3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2020
- 201494criticunit not stated
- 200994critic£111 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, June 2017
- 200894drinkersunit not stated
- 200794drinkersunit not stated
- 200694drinkersunit not stated
- 200593drinkers
- 200494drinkers
- 200394drinkers
- Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2021
- 97 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2009
- peak, window 2018–2029
- Lowest price
- 2019
- £98 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | £98 | 96.7 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, August 2024 |
| 2017 | £127 | 96.3 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, October 2023 |
| 2016 | £127 | 97 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, October 2023 |
| 2015 | £112 | 94 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-bottle in-bond trade, December 2020 |
| 2009 | £111 | 93.5 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, June 2017 |
Where to go next
LWIN 1135684