Reynvaan - Queen's Road- In The Rocks Vineyard 2015

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A singular American winery began with a common American disappointment when Matt Reynvaan dropped out of college in 2004 and moved back in with his parents. Mike and Gale Reynvaan had recently made a second home in Walla Walla, Wash., and Matt took a job at the Walla Walla Country Club, training to be an assistant golf pro. His wholly unexpected path to wine would begin on this terrain.

Walla Walla, secluded in the southeastern pocket of the state, was notably lacking in the typical enticements for a 21-year-old. It is five hours0 drive from Seattle, four from Boise. Beyond the town limits, it’s desert all the way out – a patchwork of dirt, alfalfa and wheat, stalked by elk and cougars, harassed by frost and fires. “Cowboy country”, says Matt.

But it’s the sort of place in which strong grapevines are forged – and in which a rootless twentysomething could find his calling on a tractor and craft a world-beating red wine after just a handful of vintages’ experience.

Six years after Matt washed up in Walla Walla, he would confront the 2010 vintage at the helm of the young Reynvaan Family Wines. It was the winery’s fourth crop, and the first Matt vinified under its own roof. Then 27, Matt was working well into the night tending the vats, usually alone.

But with 2010, Reynaan’s Stonessence Syrah earned 98 points, “classic” quality on Wine Spectator’s 100-point scale. Reynvaan has never failed to earn at least one classic rating (95 points or higher) in every vintage since. The 2013 In The Rocks Syrah (97, $70) notched the No. 13 spot in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2016.

 

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Producer	Reynvaan
Country	United States
Region	Washington
Subregion	Walla Walla Valley
Varietal	Marsanne
Vintage	2015
Sku	13601
Size	750ml