2015 Mark Ryan Wild Eyed Syrah

Happy Thursday!  I've been running around a bit this week, but today it was rainy most of the day, so a good day to open up a nice bottle of wine.  Tonight I've decided to open a more recent vintage of wine from Mark Ryan Winery, the 2015 Wild Eyed Syrah.  This 100% Red Mountain Syrah is a blend of fruit from the Ciel du Cheval and Olsen vineyards in the Red Mountain AVA in the Yakima Valley of Washington.  So let's see how this one tastes!

The wine is a deep, brooding inky red at the center that almost looks like a Cabernet.  The nose is a pleasant combination of black fruit, green grass and bay leaf that practically screams this wine is a great food wine.  The taste is a rush of ripe fruit, blueberries, plum and currant that transition nicely to some notes of black pepper and pipe tobacco midpalate.  The tannins are wonderfully structured, to provide great body and a voluptuous mouthfeel that supports the long, smooth and very dry finish.

I realize I've been neglecting the food part of "Wine, Food and Fun" so let me try to correct that!

Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 8.5, it's still a quite young and could do with a few years in the cellar, but it's still drinking quite nicely right now.  This wine is also an ideal food wine, as I could easily drink this with a variety of dishes, from robust pasta dishes and paella, to barbecue and burritos, but tonight I am enjoying this wine with a mango marinaded grilled pork tenderloin, roasted cauliflower and pesto linguine.  Cheers!