2012 Cayuse "En Cerise" Walla Walla Valley Syrah

Bid on this 3-bottle lot of 2012 Cayuse "En Cerise" Walla Walla Valley Syrah (97RP, 96WS, 94VN, 94WE). Wine Advocate: "Always coming from a small 2.5-acre block inside the En Cerise vineyard, the 2012 Syrah en Cerise is a fabulously complex, seamless and elegant Syrah that exhibits notes of dried cherries, currants, dried herbs, violets and cured meats. These all flow to a full-bodied, nicely concentrated Syrah that shows the more structured, savory side to the vintage. Slightly less flamboyant and decadent from bottle than barrel, I think it will reward 3-4 years of cellaring, and keep for two decades. (JD)" (06/2015)