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• K Vintners 2020 'Milbrandt' Syrah, Wahluke Slope
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 92 (6/14/2023)
  The only Syrah vinified in stainless steel, the 2020 Syrah Milbrandt Vineyard is 100% varietal that was not destemmed and spent 16 months in 20% new puncheons. Ripe blackberries, black cherries, ground pepper, and bouquet garni notes all flow to a medium to full-bodied, pretty, elegant, yet fruit-loaded Syrah that has soft tannins and tons of up-front charm. It will evolve for 7-8 years.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Beautiful' Syrah, Walla Walla Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 95 (7/8/2022)
  The 2019 Syrah The Beautiful comes from the Powerline Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley and is 97% Syrah and 3% Viognier that saw 50% new French oak. It's another classic, slightly Northern Rhône-like effort offering darker cherry and currant fruits as well as some iron, tapenade, and peppery herb aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, concentrated, and seamless, it has ripe tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and outstanding length.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Beautiful' Syrah, Walla Walla Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 93 (5/1/2023)
  The 2019 Syrah The Beautiful is gorgeous, dusty and floral with dried black cherries and tangerine aromas. Soft textured upon entry, this gains energy as a jucy wave of acidity lifts its ripe wild berry fruits. The 2019 finishes fresh and only lightly tannic, with pretty raspberry and cherry tones that linger.
• K Vintners 2020 'Milbrandt' Syrah, Wahluke Slope
  Vinous
  Rating: 93 (10/1/2022)
  

  The Syrah Milbrandt lifts from the glass with wild herbal tones and savory spice. It's silky and racy in character, with floral-laced black fruits and salty minerals that resonate throughout. While lightly structured, the 2020 finishes fresh, leaving a reverberation of acid-driven tension, as licorice and sour citrus tones are left to linger.

• K Vintners 2020 'Milbrandt' Syrah, Wahluke Slope
  The Wine Advocate
  Rating: 92+ (5/11/2023)
  Firm, smoky and meaty, the 2020 Syrah Milbrandt Vineyard starts with a dusty core of crunchy red fruit and blackberry skin before spicy aromas waft out of the glass. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is fresh and juicy on the palate, with a fine mineral mouthfeel and bacon and pink peppercorn flavors. The wine continues to evolve and uncoil, ending with a spicy, mineral-laced finish. The wine spent 16 months in barrel, 30% new French oak. Give it a try. Just under 18,000 bottles produced.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Deal' Syrah, Sundance Vineyard, Wahluke Slope
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 94 (7/9/2022)
  Vinified in concrete tanks and aged in 31% new French oak barrels, the 100% Syrah 2019 Syrah The Deal offers up a more finesse-driven, seamless style as well as full-bodied richness, ultra-fine tannins, and perfumed notes of both red and black fruits as well as some graphite and peppery herb nuances. Beautifully balanced and elegant, with moderate acidity and terrific finish, it's going to keep for 8-10 years. It's a brilliant value.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Deal' Syrah, Sundance Vineyard, Wahluke Slope
  The Wine Advocate
  Rating: 92+ (10/31/2022)
  Unmistakable on the nose, the 2019 Syrah The Deal Sundance Vineyard offers aromas of black fruit, roasted plums, hints of black pepper and smoked meat while roasted herbs and wilted red flowers sway out of the glass. Medium to full-bodied, the wine displays balance and a delightful texture before revealing fine-grained tannins over the mid-palate. The 100% whole-cluster Syrah lingers with a long finish and is not overcomplicated by excessive oak usage, allowing this Syrah to conclude with a burst of floral and succulent fruit essences.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Deal' Syrah, Sundance Vineyard, Wahluke Slope
  Vinous
  Rating: 93 (5/1/2023)
  A sweet whiff of balsamic spice evolves into mentholated herbs, crushed rocks and currants as the 2019 Syrah The Deal smolders up from the glass. Like liquid silk and pliant, this impresses with its textural girth and balancing acid core, adding unbelievable energy as tart raspberry and minerals swirl. This cleans up beautifully with chalky tannins and staining of primary concentration that promise many years of positive evolution.
• K Vintners 2020 'The Boy' Grenache, Walla Walla Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 91 (3/2/2023)
  

  The 2020 Grenache The Boy lifts from the glass with a dusty floral mix of crushed blackberries and white pepper. This is round and vividly fruity on the palate with brisk acids that balance nicely, as savory herbal tones resonate throughout. The Boy tapers off with subtle grippy tannins, leaving nuances of licorice and exotic spice to linger. I love the balance here.

• K Vintners 2020 'The Creator' Walla Walla Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 93 (3/2/2023)
  

  The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah The Creator wafts up from the glass with a minty freshness, cool-toned and collected, as mint and cedar give way to musky blackberry. Its textures are silky in feel, with a racy core of brilliant acidity that enlivens its black fruits and wild citrus tones. The Creator leaves a subtle twang of youthfully grippy tannins, yet finishes incredibly fresh and spicy. This is so easy to like today, but the best is certainly yet to come.

• K Vintners 2024 Viognier, Art Den Hoed Vineyard, Yakima Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 92 (10/23/2025)
  

  The 2024 Viognier Art Den Hoed is savory and perfumed, with nuances of fresh ginger and sour melon creating its pure bouquet. It opens with a balanced inner sweetness and vividly ripe melon tones elevated by a tinge of confectionery spice. Subtly tropical yet beautifully balanced, it leaves a distinctly salty flourish to liner.

• K Vintners 2019 'Royal City' Syrah, Royal Slope
  Vinous
  Rating: 97+ (3/2/2023)
  

  The 2019 Syrah Royal City is earthy, almost meaty in the glass, as notes of sage and dill accentuate green olive, then evolves to show musky black currants and crushed rocks. This is texturally thrilling, deep and creamy in feel, yet somehow energetic as well, with masses of mineral-tinged black fruits complemented by sweet herbs and tobacco. The 2019 melts away from the palate like molten chocolate, with exotic spices and tangerine to balance. Wow, I can't to see what another four to five years of cellaring might reveal here.

• K Vintners 2019 'The Creator' Walla Walla Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 94 (1/25/2024)
  

  A dusty array of black cherries and grilled sage complicated by a whiff of freshly cracked chalk makes the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah The Creator a total pleasure on the nose. This seduces with its velvety textures, contrasted by tart wild berries and hints of orange zest. Vibrant acidity cleans up the palate beautifully through the finish, as the 2019 tapers off potent and long, with a licorice tinge and rounded tannins.

• K Vintners 2019 'Charlotte' Red, Walla Walla Valley
  Vinous
  Rating: 92 (3/2/2023)
  

  The 2019 Charlotte is minty fresh from the first tilt of the glass, with spicy florals and crushed black cherries forming its bouquet. It's soft textured, and round on the palate with a stimulating core of acidity and tart red and black fruits that add tension toward the close. This tapers off perfumed, with decent length, leaving a coating of gently grippy tannins to frame the experience quite nicely.

• K Vintners 2020 'The Boy' Grenache, Walla Walla Valley
  The Wine Advocate
  Rating: 93 (5/11/2023)
  Opening to a nose of candied red fruit, confected cherries and freshly opened red flowers, the 2020 The Boy offers picturesque crunchy red fruit with soft savory and spicy elements in the glass. Medium-bodied, the palate is fresh with the lift of 100% whole-cluster fermentation, offering succulent floral and confected red fruit flavors before showing hints of umami and savory notions over the focused, fine, mineral-laced finish. The wine rested for 18 months in neutral French oak barrels. Just under 9,000 bottles produced.
• K Vintners 2020 'The Creator' Walla Walla Valley
  The Wine Advocate
  Rating: 97 (5/11/2023)
  The 2020 The Creator is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Syrah. The nose is big, bold and smooth with a juicy, round and mineral-focused expression, offering gobs of dark red and black fruit tones. Full-bodied, the palate explodes with pleasure, showing soft herbal tones with sweet oak flavors that ride with blackberry and dark cherry flavors, compounding complexity while displaying layers of finesse and precision. The wine concludes with a food-friendly finish, emphasizing intense juicy flavors.
• K Vintners 2019 'The Creator' Walla Walla Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 95 (7/9/2022)
  This puppy boasts a ruby/plum hue as well as terrific aromatics of blackcurrants, tobacco, iron, and peppery herbs. It's medium to full-bodied, has good freshness, ripe tannins, and the straight, focused, elegant yet still concentrated style of the vintage front and center.
• K Vintners 2019 'Charlotte' Red, Walla Walla Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 94 (7/9/2022)
  The translucent ruby-hued 2019 Charlotte is another rocking wine in the lineup. Based on 47% Mourvèdre, 26% Grenache, and the rest a mix of red and white varieties, it reveals spicy, complex notes of cherry, ripe strawberries, leather, sandalwood, and white pepper, followed by a medium to full-bodied, supple, elegant, seamless wine. Very pretty, pure and polished, with fine tannins, this silky beauty is balanced and delicious.
• K Vintners 2019 'Royal City' Syrah, Royal Slope
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 96 (6/14/2023)
  The 2019 Syrah Royal City showed beautifully, with a more finesse-driven style than previous vintages. Its translucent ruby hue is followed by a red-fruited Syrah offering beautiful notes of toasted spices, cracked hazelnuts, cured meats, and peppery herbs. Medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant, and silky on the palate, it has fine tannins and a great finish.
• K Vintners 2024 Viognier, Art Den Hoed Vineyard, Yakima Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 94 (7/10/2025)
  The 2024 Viognier Art Den Hoed is a great representation of the variety in the state in the right hands. It’s creamy, luscious, and yet also completely fresh and full of verve. Light-bodied, it shows snappy layers of apple, pear, and honeycomb, with 6-8 years of aging potential to boot, if not more.
• K Vintners 2020 'The Boy' Grenache, Walla Walla Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 95 (6/14/2023)
  Coming all from the Powerline Vineyard on the southern side of the Walla Walla Valley, the 2020 Grenache The Boy has a terrific perfume of wild strawberries, cherries, rose petals, and toasted spices. It’s clean, medium to full-bodied, flawlessly balanced, and has ultra-fine tannins. This is all 363 Clone of Grenache from 2012 plantings that saw no destemming, a full 51 days on skins, and aging all in neutral oak demi-muids.
• K Vintners 2020 'The Creator' Walla Walla Valley
  Jeb Dunnuck
  Rating: 96 (6/14/2023)
  Another stunning wine is the 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah The Creator, which is 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Syrah, all from the Powerline Vineyard. Ripe black cherries, currants, sagebrush, and peppery herbs define the aromatics, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, silky, polished tannins, and a great finish. The Syrah really brings a peppery, herbal, gamey style here, and this is a complex, incredibly satisfying 2020 to drink over the coming decade.
• K Vintners 2020 'The Boy' Grenache, Walla Walla Valley
  James Suckling
  Rating: 98 (12/13/2023)
  

  #20 on Top 100 Wines of the USA This is perfumed, with dried strawberry bush, ripe cherry, star anise, black cardamom and spiced orange peel. Lots of dried flower undertones. Its medium- to full-bodied with layers of tight but juicy tannins and bright acidity cutting through. Its so alive and vibrant, with cocoa- dusted red berries jumping out of the glass. It shows depth and power, but in an elegant way, with a delicate, ethereal feel. Drink or hold.