The 2021 Syrah Levitation Reserve is dark and savory, wafting up with black olive, seared meat and violet aromas. It flows across the palate like pure silk. Pretty inner lavender and lilac notes accentuate ripe blackberry fruits. This tapers off with a sour citrus flourish, adding contrast as grippy tannins resonate through the long and floral finale. The 2021 shows the vintage condition through its rich fruit and edgy tannins, yet the balance is nicely maintained.
Sean P Sullivan NW Wine Report - (93 Points)
Lewis Vineyard in Yakima Valley (74%) and Les Collines in Walla Walla Valley (26%), two top sites, make up the fruit for this wine, Brooding aromas of briquette, coffee, smoked meat, blackberry, and violet lead to full-bodied, quite ripe fruit and savory flavors. There's outrageous length on the finish. The focus is on unbridled hedonism, and it brings it. Best after 2025. 14.9% alcohol.
Owen Bargreen - (95 Points)
A beautiful Syrah made in this warm vintage, the outstanding 2021 Levitation was sourced from Lewis Vineyard (74%) with the remainder coming from the high-elevation Les Collines Vineyard. The aromatics are intense and heady with purple rose petals, black currants, wet granite, and shades of tar and iodine that all march in unison. The palate is flinty and exotic with fantastic freshness, weight and texture. This is a total knockout wine that will cellar well for another ten-plus years to come. Drink 2023-2035.
Jeb Dunnuck - (94 Points)
The deep purple-hued 2021 Syrah Levitation Reserve is classic stuff, offering gamey black fruits, ground pepper, leather, and smoky meat-like aromas and flavors. It's medium-bodied on the palate and has the juicy acidity of the vintage, good overall balance, and fine tannins. It needs 2-3 years of bottle age to come together, then will drink nicely over the following decade. 750 cases.
Wine Enthusiast - (93 Points)
The tangiest boysenberry aroma ever highlights an aromatic set that includes wisps of rosemary, lemon and crushed brick dust. Fine-grained tannins and snappy acidity back flavors like cherry pie, roasted pork shoulder and black pepper. Make the Levitation disappear with a steak and fries, now until 2034.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - (94+ Points)
The 2021 Syrah Levitation opens with a dark-fruited nose layered with meaty and spicy elements of summer sausage, plum compote, notions of red and black spices and hints of lavender and dried herbs. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is juicy, mineral and fresh with elegant umami essence, pure expressions of blackberry skin and dried herbs and a firm tannic edge. The wine concludes with a long-winding and stony finish. It's a fantastic wine that will benefit from being paired with food.
