2007 Syncline Subduction Red

Picked this wine up for 18$. It's a Rhone style blend from the Columbia Valley in Washington. It's a new world style wine; reminds me of a richer Cotes du Rhone in a lot of ways. The nose has lots of raspberries and pepper, and picks up some spicier notes as it opens up. The wine is plush, and has a distinctive vanilla note on the finish. This wine was okay, but at the price, you can do way better. I find a strong vanilla note to be off-putting...This wine is a little unfortunate, because what I generally like about Washington is that it's a good mix of New World fruit forward style and Old World styles--call it a happy medium. Although this wine still maintained it's acidity and fruit, I think they took it too far on the modern spectrum. C-