- K Vintners 2021 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
The Wine Spectator
Rating: 93 (9/20/2024)
Potent but structured and polished, offering expressive raspberry and blueberry flavors that take on licorice and black olive accents as this races toward zesty tannins. Drink now through 2032. 2,271 cases made.
- 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
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
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 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Vinous
Rating: 96+ (3/2/2023)
Dark and viral in the glass with savory exotic spices, crushed ashen stones, grilled sage and smoked meats, the 2020 Syrah Motor City Kitty (MCK) makes a big first impression. This is texturally deep with a wave of mineral-tinged black fruits accelerated by sour citrus, as sweet herbal tones form toward the close. The 2020 tapers off with a potent concentration of wild berries and smoky earth, as gently grippy tannins tug at the palate. There's simple so much going on here, and so much more to come through cellaring.
- 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 2019 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Vinous
Rating: 92 (3/22/2022)
The 2019 Syrah Motor City Kitty (MCK) is sourced from the Oldfield Block in the Boushey Vineyard, set on sandy volcanic soils. On the nose, bright black fruits with citrus ember and sagebrush undertones all meld in the glass. The palate brims with acidity and finesse throughout the drinking experience. Medium-bodied and less fleshy than the 2018 edition but equally good, this excellent Syrah isn't going anywhere for another eight years.
- K Vintners 2021 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Vinous
Rating: 93 (12/5/2024)
The 2021 Syrah Motor City Kitty is impossible to ignore. Rich and fruit-focused, it wafts up with notes of rum cake and blackberry jam complicated by black olive, rosemary and ashen stones. This opens with a balanced inner sweetness offset by tart wild berry fruits. It is quite lifted in feel, with sage and exotic spices propelled by brisk acidity. The 2021 tapers off with tremendous length, leaving a saturation of primary concentration and firming tannins that promise many years of future development.
- K Vintners 2020 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
The Wine Advocate
Rating: 95+ (5/11/2023)
Floral, focused and mineral-driven, the 2020 MCK Syrah offers dark red fruits with delightful red and pink peppercorn notes. Full-bodied and with 15% alcohol, the palate firms up with gripping tannins to reveal a rich mineral tension that lingers on the long, boozy finish. The MCK Syrah will remain a powerhouse and please New World Syrah lovers around the globe.
- 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 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Jeb Dunnuck
Rating: 94 (7/9/2022)
I always seem to love this cuvée and the 2019 Syrah Motor City Kitty is no exception. Coming all from a single block in the Boushey Vineyard, it was not destemmed, spent a full 47 days on skins, and was raised 21 months in 25% new French oak. It has a great nose of darker, gamey black fruits as well as iron, ground pepper, black olives, and violets. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, this balanced, rich, gamey, Northern Rhône-like beauty is terrific today and will be terrific in 8-10 years as well.
- 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 2021 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Jeb Dunnuck
Rating: 93+ (7/10/2025)
One of the seemingly cooler climate-inspired Syrahs in the lineup, the 2021 Syrah Motor City Kitty comes from the Boushey Vineyard in the Yakima Valley (vines planted in 2007) and was not destemmed and was brought up in used oak. Smoky, gamey, Northern Rhône-like aromatics all give way to a medium-bodied, fresh, focused beauty that has fine tannins, a solid core of darker fruit, lots of peppery, meaty nuances, and outstanding length. It's tight and closed at the moment, so give bottles just a year or three if you can.
- 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 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
Jeb Dunnuck
Rating: 93 (6/14/2023)
Coming all from the Boushey Vineyard on the western side of the Yakima Valley, the 2020 Syrah Motor City Kitty boasts a deep ruby/plum hue as well as a great perfume of smoky red and black fruits, gravelly earth, and pepper. A more masculine-styled Syrah that’s medium to full-bodied, structured, and balanced, give it a few years and enjoy over the following decade.
- K Vintners 2019 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
James Suckling
Rating: 98 (12/18/2022)
#10 on Top 100 Wines of the USA Layered aromas of plums, black cherries, leather, bark and iron. Full-bodied with a lot of nuance. Firm, gripping tannins. Dried roses and crushed blackberries mix with dark, mineral complexity, leaving a buzz on the palate. A clear note of cocoa powder comes through. Concentrated and dynamic. Superb. Best after 2024.
- K Vintners 2020 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
James Suckling
Rating: 98 (12/13/2023)
#6 on Top 100 Wines of the USA This is a serious and intense syrah. Complex notes of chocolate, blackberries, black cherries, cedar and nutmeg here, with cracked pepper, rosemary and dried lavender. Evolving. Firm, tight and compact, with a full body. Beautiful freshness, too. More structure here. Try from 2025.
- K Vintners 2021 'Motor City Kitty' Syrah, Yakima Valley
James Suckling
Rating: 99 (1/3/2025)
#7 on Top 100 World Wines The aromas leap out of the glass. Wet earth, tapenade, green peppercorns, volcanic ash and tea leaves. Hints of orange peel. It’s electric on the palate, so savory, so earthy and so minerally, with stemmy and tea-like tannins. The freshness and energy are astounding, and the finish just keeps going. Delicious Syrah. Drink or hold.
- 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.
