Horsepower 2019

The Cayuse estate has practiced organic farming since its founding in 1997, becoming the first estate in the region to fully adopt the principles of biodynamics. In the winery, the estate is distinguished by the use of unique agricultural equipment, designed by a Burgundian blacksmith, and by the use of horse work. The Syrah vines thus benefit from a healthy and balanced growth environment, allowing them to explore the soil in depth to draw from it all the nutrients and energy essential to their optimal development. The wine, adorned with an intense red color, reveals a complex and expressive bouquet, where fruity and spicy aromas intermingle, enhanced with a discreet vanilla note. On the palate, it is characterized by fine tannins which lead to a finish that is both round and powerful. This vintage is pleasant to taste in its youth, but also promises to reveal all its splendor after a few years of aging.

In the United States, 90% of the wine produced comes from California. It was the influx of gold prospectors to California that boosted the California wine industry in the mid-19th century, particularly in the Sonoma and Napa region. At the start of the 20th century, there were 800 wineries. From 1919 to 1933 Prohibition destroyed the vast majority of the California wine industry so that by 1933, only 140 wineries remained producing wine. It was only from 1960 that the wine industry began to recover from Prohibition and California was primarily known for the production of fortified wines (in the style of Port). It was also in the 1960s that some of the most famous estates were created (Mondavi, Heitz Wine Cellars, Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, etc...). In 1976, a significant event took place: the legendary tasting competition better known as the "Judgment of Paris". He sees the greatest French wines opposing the new American wines. This May 24, an unexpected result shakes the world of wine, since to everyone's surprise, it is the United States which wins. However, this competition remains relatively unknown to the general public. Today, there is no doubt that the United States produces great wines. Even though California largely monopolizes the reputation of American wines with its excellent Zinfandels, the state of Oregon produces some of the best Pinot Noir in the world and the state of Washington offers excellent Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet-Sauvignon.