By K Vintners
2020 'Motor City Kitty' Yakima Valley Syrah

Vintage Notes
The 2020 vintage might be the best vintage that we have ever had in Washington state history. We had an incredible growing season that was long and temperate, allowing the fruit to ripen evenly. The wines are focused, rich, complex, and lively. The reds are restrained and elegant yet powerful, with incredible tension and balance. Our white and rose wines are wonderfully rich on the palate but balanced with enough acid to make the wines complete. We are excited to see how these wines evolve!

Vineyard
Oldfield-Boushey Vineyard is owned by Dick Boushey, one of the premier vineyard owners in Washington State. Dick planted this vineyard with the help of Brennon Leighton. This is the highest elevation plot and has a southwestern slope with sandy volcanic soils. Three clones of Syrah are planted on this site - 383, 174, and Joseph Phelps.

Tasting Notes
"All-encompassing. Dense, rich, action-packed. Explosive dark cherry, huckleberry, black olive. Ash, grilled herb, wet earth. Great intensity, taut, and balanced. This has it all and more!" - Charles Smith, Winemaker
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K VINTNERS SYRAH YAKIMA VALLEY MOTOR CITY KITTY 2020
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Country: United States
Region: Washington
Vintage: 2020
Score: 98
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.

2020 Syrah Motor City Kitty (MCK)
Producer: K Vintners
Place of Origin: United States, Washington
Color: Red
Grape/Blend: Syrah
Rating: 96+
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2036
From: Against All Odds: Washington State’s 2020s and 2019s (Mar 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 simply so much going on here, and so much more to come through cellaring.
Reviewed By: Eric Guido on October 2022

2020 K Vintners MCK Syrah
Rating: 95+
Producer: MCK Syrah
Wine Region: Washington
Color / Type / Sweetness: Red / Table / Dry
Variety: Syrah
Reviewed by: Anthony Mueller
Drink Date: 2023 - 2035
Published: Nov 14, 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 MCK Motor City Kitty Syrah (Yakima Valley)
From: Yakima Valley, Columbia Valley, Washington, US
Rating: 94 - Cellar Selection
Winery: K Vintners
Region: Columbia Valley
Alcohol: 15%
Wine Type: Red
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Issue Date: 10/1/2023
The motor on this city kitty purrs, as bushels of black cherry and boysenberry fruit flavors are backed by a massive wall of tannins. As you swirl your glass to loosen things up, aromas of blackberries, black olives and bacon fat encircle your head. The fruit party on the palate is joined by bittersweet dark chocolate and saline. Enjoy now until 2032. Meow.
Reviewed By: Michael Alberty

2020 K Vintners Syrah Motor City Kitty
Producer: K Vintners
Location: USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley
Color: Red
Rating: 93
Tasting Date: 6/14/2023
Maturity: 2025 - 2035
Reviewed By: Jeb Dunnuck
Source: Washington State’s 2020s
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.