Potent, ripe, opulent.
While Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive, and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile sub-GI, they make three Syrahs, all unique and each colour coded to site along with a matching label and wax dip.
This version comes from the sandy clay loam with limestone and granite rock soils of the hot and semi-arid Similkameen Valley and planted at 420 MASL.
Of the three, this is the showy one.
A no holds barred and ripe (flirting with jammy) version, it has a liqueur-like character. Fragrant with high-toned and sun-warmed black berry aromas, that are layered with dried violets, cedar chips, roasted beets and a hint of mint. The palate is opulent but it's also a chest-thumper of a wine with charred spice, tar and restrained black fruit. The finish is quite warm, it’s also the highest alcohol at 14.3%.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - March 29th, 2021

Youthful, fresh, buoyant.
While Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive, and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile sub-GI, they make four single vineyard Syrahs, aged 10 months in French oak (20% new), which are all unique and colour coded to site along with a matching label and wax dip.

I tasted all four side-by-side upon opening and again 45 hours later, I felt they needed time to open.
This version comes from The new sub-GI of Okanagan Falls from vines planted in 2016 on clay loam soils with layers of gravel and small boulders; it was planted in 2016, making it the youngest of the fours vineyard offerings. The younger vines do show, it has a sort of buoyant angularity. Notes of high-toned fresh red forest berries co-mingle with saddle leather, salted licorice, carob and wild herbs at the core initially then rolls into raspberry, plum, star anise, Mexican Chocolate and dried oregano. That freshness appears on the palate as well but later leads to darker fruit and charred tobacco with fine peppery spice.

This bottle has a purple dipped cap and purple trim label. NO image available.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - February 25th, 2022

Muscular, aromatic, restrained.
While Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive, and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile sub-GI, they make four single vineyard Syrahs, aged 10 months in French oak (20% new), which are all unique and colour coded to site along with a matching label and wax dip.

I tasted all four side-by-side upon opening and again 45 hours later, I felt they needed time to open.
This version comes from a fluvial fan of gravelly clay and eroded mountain rock from vines planted at 300 MASL in 2002 on the Golden Mile Bench.
This version is earthy and savoury; initially red plum and white pepper, salami and blackberries with dusty undertones dominate, and later high-toned red berries and dried roses appear. More restrained than the others, its a bit more horizontal on the palate. Flavours of spice, plums and pepper evolve into burnt licorice root, brown spices and leather. It has a muscular character.

This bottle has an orange dipped cap and orange trim label. NO image available.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - February 25th, 2022

Plummy, lively, spicy.
Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the sub-GI designation Golden Mile Bench. This savoury Syrah was born on the northern edge of the Black Sage Bench, in the Ferreira Vineyard.
It has a rich plummy nose with cracked pepper, smoked spices, charred meat and undertones of blackberry and mocha. More restrained yet lively than their other Syrahs, this one is also smooth and the palate shows savoury, meaty, sweet wild bramble fruit, white pepper, cocoa and leather flavours.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Olive Oil & Cracked Pepper
 
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Wine Scores Reviewed - June 15th, 2020

Earthy, silky, power.
While Rust Wine Co. is located on Golden Mile Drive, and is one of the handful of wineries allowed to use the designation Golden Mile sub-GI, they make four single vineyard Syrahs, aged 10 months in French oak (20% new), which are all unique and colour coded to site along with a matching label and wax dip.
This version comes from the volcanic ash and fine granitic sand of the Black Sage Bench outside of Oliver, the vines were planted on the Ferreira estate in 2002 at 333 MASL.

I tasted all four side-by-side upon opening and again 45 hours later, I felt they needed time to open.
Cherry, vanilla and black pepper aromas bleed into dry earth, cocoa dust and cold brew, which later become more sarsaparilla/cherry cola and violets along with dark chocolate. It has a soft entry that doesn't hide powerful undertones. Wild berries, black pepper, cocoa and brown spice lead to a sooty finish with classic silky volcanic soil tannins and flavours of cigar.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Olive Oil & Cracked Pepper
 
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Wine Scores Reviewed - February 25th, 2022