Happy Sunday! I have the day off tomorrow so I've been doing more than my share of relaxing today! In any case, we eventually come to a time to start making dinner and enjoying a nice glass of wine. Given my eclectic dining preferences, I've decided to select the wine before diving headlong into dinner. Tonight, I've opened a bottle of a wine club shipment (I can't say if it is recent!) from one of my favorite Walla Walla producers, Reininger Winery! The 2021 Reininger Walla Walla Valley Syrah is a 100% Syrah sourced evenly from the Seven Hills and Pepper Bridge Vineyards in the Walla Walla AVA of Washington. So, let's see how this wine is tasting!
With an approachable deep ruby color in the glass, this wine presents aromas of leather, bing cherry, lilac and plum enticing you to take a sip and get this party started! That first sip is a plunge into sophistication and nuance, within a fun party atmosphere. Floral notes and hints of baking spice and luxurious leather and basalt that easily surrender to ripe red fruit notes of cherry, raspberry and currant. The tannins are expertly structured to provide the ideal backbone for a long, smooth dry finish that lingers on your palate for a minute or more.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 9, as it's one of my favorite Syrah's from the Walla Walla Valley. This wine is a perfect accompaniment for a range of tough-to-pair dishes, from barbecue to any number of pork dishes, Thai to Indian and tonight I am taking this wine to task and enjoying it with some chicken and vegetables in a Filipino Caldereta tomato sauce served over steamed basmati rice. The bright fruit and earthiness of the wine is a perfect foil to the richness of this dish. Cheers!
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