Gorman Evil Twin Syrah - Cabernet Red Mountain 09

Review:

The 2009 vintage of the Gorman Evil Twin Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain is one more in a string of top rated Syrahs from this cult winery.

2009 Wine Spectator - 95 points - Firm in texture, this is expansive and generous in flavor, rolling its licorice-accented blackberry, cherry and tar flavors with focus and intensity against a layer of fine tannins. Shows depth and power, finishing long and vibrant. Best from 2013 through 2018. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. 500 cases made - H.S.

2008 Vintage

Consistently, his highest scoring wine. Intense and full-bodied, needs cellaring or decant for several hours if you just have to try it now. This wine will reward the patient - forceful, seriously huge, big tannins match the dark, dense black fruit, earth, cedar, toast, spice, and fascinating mineral/floral high notes. - Avalon

This wine is featured in our 2011 Collector's Case, 12 bottles of the very best BIG RED wines made in the Northwest. Cayuse, Charles Smith Royal City, Sheridan Block 1 Cab, Gorman, Baer, Maison Bleue, and more.

The Collector's Case will be released later this month. Watch our home page - there are only 12 cases available.

2008 Wine Spectator - 95 points - Supple, focused and intense, a lithe mouthful of bright blueberry and plum tinged with green olive and spice notes, which swirl through the expressive finish. Tannins are present but not obtrusive, letting the flavors sail on and on. Drink now through 2015. - H.S.

66% Red Mountain Syrah, 34% Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Intense and full-bodied. 300 cases made.

Previous Vintage Tasting Notes

Wine Spectator 95 points!

Ripe, complex, expressive and deftly balanced for a big wine, brimming with spicy heirloom tomato and herbal overtones to the black cherry, blackberry and pepper flavors. Tannins are present, but they're not overwhelming. Tempting now, but just wait. Best from 2011 through 2017. 225 cases made. - H.S.

Chris Gorman descended into the wine business after graduating from university in 1991, apparently too affected to climb out, he made the best of it.Cutting his teeth on world class Barolo and Barbaresco, he spent 3 years working for a small Italian Importer and never looked back.

For the next decade, as a main stay in the Seattle wine trade, Chris was lucky to represent some of the finest wines in the world. He traveled extensively in the wine areas of Italy, Spain and Germany.

His is a simple philosophy; to make wine, it is imperative to understand it. Those early years found him producing small batch wines, using stolen fruit from many of Washington's finest vineyards.

In 2002 Gorman Winery went commercial.