Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog

Perfection! 😎

Wow, wenn der Preis nicht wäre. Außergewöhnlicher Wein - perfekt.

Aromatic menthol/mint, opens with dark plum & dark chocolate, develops into a savory cascade of black pepper, roasted herbs and jerky. One of the best new world reds one could possibly ever drink.

This is what I want every Syrah to taste like

Most memorable wine I've ever had. Morris, you bag of tricks, you

Big and bold. No tastes of frog legs. Just naked farmers riding tractors under a full moon.

Decadent wine for a decadent dinner

WOW.. Für mich der beste Syrah der Welt. 💯 Punkte!

Perfection in a glass. This is a huge wine...in my opinion the best Syrah short of sine qua non. Every wine lover should have this wine at some point in their lives.

4.8 - incredibly aromatic wine. Roses, earth, bacon fat, earth and dried fruit. Perfectly balanced flavors of cherry, limestone, meat, plums, chocolate, leather and tobacco. Flavors evolved over time so that every sip was different. Fresh and clean flavors and savory notes that are perfectly integrated. Beautiful garnet color. This is a wine that definitely lives up to its reputation. Outstanding!

I don’t break out the 5 star rating very often but this Cayuse deserved it. Don’t let the irreverent name and label fool you - this is an exceptionally well structured wine that balances power and finesse. Dark plum and currant notes with secondary notes of middle eastern spice and refined black pepper. Medium plus body with a looooong finish. In its prime at the 9 year mark. Extraordinary.

Wau, again is was able to try this unbelievable Red..👏👏 Dark colored inside the glass 🍷🍷 Nose with several different layers of fruits, herbs, spices, etc. Each time again when you smell again another flavor comes through..👃👏👏 Excellent powerful fruity taste of plum, blackberry currant and more..👌 Excellent finish, powerful strong fresh fruity..👍 Perfectly balanced and a perfect glaze at the palatine.. Perfect wine.. 👏👏👏👏

So blessed to be able to experience this Walla Walla Syrah, courtesy of my new friend @[1|260642|Fleader]! Ten years in the cellar brings out notes of grilled meat, anise, black pepper, and blackberry.

Drank 2011 vintage in 2024. Decanted for 2 hours. Nose: blackberry bramble, plum, leather, cured meat, smoke, black olive, white pepper. Palate: perfectly balanced, incredibly long, well integrated velvety tannins, bright acidity. More dark fruits, leather, saline

OMG!!! This blew me away! One of the quintessential Cult labels of Washington, the Bionic Frog Syrah from Cayuse simply ROCKED! Poured at last nights vintage pour at Celebrate Walla Walla wine weekend kick off event. Hands down the best Syrah I have ever tasted. Beyond belief in concentration and complexity. Intense and surreal experience. Hardly showing any signs of age, this baby is just getting started. Wow! Rockin' in the Rocks! 100/100!!

Incredible finish, a carnal mouth with hints of iron. Nice peppery spice.

My first experience with Bionic Frog and man is it spectacular! Wine Enthusiast Gave this beauty 100 points and I can see why!

leather earthy chocolate smoke pepper

All I can say is fantastic

Let it open for no less than 4 hours but about the best there is.

Con bday dinner

Fantastic wine/dine evening with my wine friends at Restaurant Vineum - Rotterdam - the Netherlands 🇳🇱 97 DSP

A bountiful nose showing plum, cherry kirsch, black olive tapenade, roasted meat, charred wood and elastoplast bandaid. Mouthfeel is velvety with soft tannins, crisp acids and good fruit flavours that carry through a long seductive finish. The tongue picks up ripe Italian plum, orange zest, rare roasted beef, mushroom and black tea. Still youthful and there is more to give with aging. A special treat for my sweet honey’s birthday. 97 points.

M(+) ruby. M(+) aromas of ash, cigar, red cherries, bacon fat, cappuccino and anchovies. M(+) abv, high acidity, m. body, m(-) tannin. Pronounced cranberries, red cherries, tobacco and fresh cut grass flavours. Definitely a step up, more elegant and way more complex than the regular Cayuse. This is truly wonderful! Very grateful to @[1|69945|Mats_kl] for my first opportunity to taste the 🐸 👅😜👌

This stuff has more layers than the rings of Saturn! 🪐🪐🪐 Olives, soy sauce, seaweed, iron, blood, meat, umami.

280326 DQ's 🎂 🎉 at Honest Butcher with Joe, SKT & Rom. A night of 1st growth or equivalent. Joe's btl. My WOTN. Is a napa and what can it missed. Fantastic

22022025 - Gathering at Mika’s mansion 🏡: Mine that I bottle breathe 3.5 hours earlier have smoke, charred meat, bacon & charcuterie on the nose. High minerality with red fruit, saline mouthfeel with well balanced & fine tannins on the palate. I was expecting something bold but found this Bionic 🐸 is so old world-like a beautiful northern rhone on steroids! The high minerality tension reminds me a slight umami & oyster-like finish that I’ve been keeping this to share with them! My WOTN 🤗

Mus uni non fidit antro Deep ruby Med+ nose, black currant, plum, stewed cherry, prune, violet, hibiscus, dried herbs, thyme, sage, savory, licorice, cinnamon, earthy, crushed gravel, leather, smoke, oak, vanilla, coffee & chocolate Palate dry, med+ body, med+ acid, med+ tannins, high alcohol, high intensity flavors & long spicy finish Fascinating Syrah, very deep & wide complexity, long multilayered aftertaste, very intense especially on palate & great balance of tannins, acid & alcohol w

this was literally the most stressed i ever been to order wine because i kept convoluting how hard it is to order the nose is very complex and kept changing throughout - meat and green peppers in the beginning, then some oak starts to give through a bit, 酸菜 on the nose imo. finish a bit chalk and bitter but in a fun exciting way. would i seek this out and buy? probably not, but it was very memorable becoz of the emotional rollercoaster i had to go through to get this wine 😂😂

🎊🎊This Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog 100% Syrah is a well-known niche premium Syrah wine. She mainly has a black fruit aroma, accompanied by flavors of pepper, olive, and licorice; She has a full and round figure, a smooth and delicate taste, a well-balanced structure, and a pleasant and long-lasting aftertaste 🍷🍷🎊🎊

Same experience from my 2009 exposure. Maybe a bit more earthy on the palate.

Surprisingly unique; like no Grenache, like no other Washington wine. Something akin to Surreal or contemporary art, we shouldn’t think but should feel its inner world. ピノノワールのような淡い色調。アロマも味覚も時とともにどんどん表情が変化する。初めは獣肉？のようなアロマと、コーヒーのような苦味に困惑。デカンタージュして30分後には、ベリーやハーブが表に出てくるが、うまく表現できない... 果実味も柔らかくなり、甘味さえ感じるようになる。好みはかなり分かれるだろう。唯一無二の個性に酔いたい人向き。

What a crazy wine - olives, tomatoes, dried basil and oregano. Really reminds me of a big rich tomato sauce. Very unique!

Drank with Daniel in the Bronx

Musky, cinnamon At Wayne’s

Cayuse Vineyards Bionic Frog 2021 "James Suckling New York 2024"

Syrah de USA. Algo evolucionado. Ciruelas, pasas, larguísimo y complejo. Un vino muy diferente.

Boom! Always a treat to drink a Cayuse, especially if it’s the Bionic Frog. Not for the faint of heart! No detailed notes taken as this was the last bottle of the a pre-social distancing wine evening. Thanks Gus! 🙏🏽

What a wine! Syrah has never been better. Meat and minerals are pouring out. I like it and have to take other vintages in the future.

Amazing nose . Earth forest . Bitter finish . Wife not crazy for it . So different you appreciate the terroir and the stress in Rocky soils

Funky, meaty, bacon, maple syrup, blackberries, and eucalyptus. Definitely did not expect it to be a American Syrah. Surprisingly good.

Red fruit, grilled meat. Confusing. Rubber. Steak. Star-anise. Raspberry. Certain funkiness. Lychee. Artificial grape candy. Bacon fat. - 93

One of the most popular examples of Shiraz. Inviting aromas of blackcurrant, dark berries, plum, dark chocolate and tobacco. Finishes very long and vibrant.

Great balance, love the mix of smoke and earthy / soil like flavors. Dark cherry simmered in sherry as the final note. This wine could have aged for a while longer.

After 10 years, there is still a wonderfully balanced harmony between the fruits and the tannins. Shared with my blushing bride of 49years. celebrating another trip around the sun.

From the nose you recognise Christophe Baron’s touch. But Bionic Frog deserves its cult status… this bottle was more precise and more complex than other cuvées. A wonderful wine, perfumed and spicy on the nose. Powerful and layered on the palate, with a long and silky mouthfeel. I found it more savoury than Cayuse. Thank you so much @[1|69945|Mats_kl] for sharing this gem 💎!

👁: deep garnet 👃: pronounced intensity, developing Primary: anise, herbs Secondary: nutmeg, milk, chocolate Tertiary: balsamic, earthy 👅: medium+intensity, medium+bodied,  medium+acidity,  medium tannic,  dry, medium+finish, medium alcohol very good can drink now and have the potential to be matured

Inky purple. JoeYee's. Very sensual 'armpit' sweaty leather, earthy toasted underbrush aromas, delightfully intoxicating! Opulent yet different with wild berries, plum, fig, pomegranate and olive tampenade, kirsch and morello cherry compote. Full-bodied, voluptuous satiny tannins, lightly coated with vanilla, smoked tobacco leaf, juniper aftertaste. Thought a modern US syrah. Yes, Excellent stylish 100% syrah - eclectic vigneron Bionic Frog! My co-WOTN! Special BD session at Honest Butche

2007. Gorgeous nose of cedar, leather, dark berries, bright licorice, tobacco, smoke, herbaceous notes. The palate is full with dark cherry, licorice, tomato leaf, it’s got a great structure with a long finish.

Scorched earth, chocolate, mineral, black pepper and assorted black fruits give way to a full-bodied, beautifully proportioned 2012 that has fantastic purity, solid mid-palate concentration and building tannin.

Spectacular wine and the very soul of the Rocks. Hot Italian sausage, peppered jerky, coal tar, prunes, cola, instant coffee, and whiffs of pickle juice and wintergreen. Murky, muddy, darkly opulent. Showing great at this time, although does this sort of pure terroir expression truly change much over the years? Marvellous.

20260328 - Immediate forward perfumed hit of cola, root beer and jujubes with a light spicy and fizzy back palate JYW said this reminded him of Dr Pepper Cola but I hadn't try this before Medium bodied with mid acidity and soft tannins .. more complex with time with a light bitter note at the end Thought it could be an Australian Rhone varietal 19mths large format 20% new French oak 6396 bottles made JYW's @ Impromptu-ish Second Birthday Dinner for DQ in Honest Butcher by Chef Nickt PJU

4.7 Deep red with copperish hues. Nose - sweet and sour plums, smoked meats, bacon, green pepper. Very foresty, earthy, dry leaves, earth, iodine, ginseng. Espresso. Medium low tannins with medium acidity. Secondary and tertiary notes kicking in. Very unique

The frog is always a treat but it’s clear to me that it needs more age than this. The wine is still huge and very very pleasing but when this is in its absolute prime it’s an undeniable force of nature. My guess is that it needs at least another 3-4 years to start to settle and the primary fruit will give way for some of the incredible depth behind it. A bomb of a wine that doesn’t budge in the glass…at all

Finally checked this label off the bucket list! Thanks @[1|260642|Fleader] for your incredible generosity!! This did NOT disappoint. HOLY MOTHER! Such cool juice. Clean, juicy, silky with perfect balance. Complex layered palate balancing between smoky deep red fruit, jalapeño, wet stone, saline, flint, black pepper, and game. Looking forward to the next bottle of this delicious juice, whenever that may be!

I’ve been dying to try this iconic rare cult wine since @[1|13777758|Kent Klopfenstein] got me hooked on Cayuse & @ £315 this top wine of theirs scoring 💯 points sure is a treat 😊 So Mrs E decided to make ... wait for it .. Toad in the Hole to pair with it 🤣👏 pop over to Instagram ⏩ for more pics You’ve gotta love that label 🐸 Not worth the price tag but sure is a fine wine that reminds me of a good Côte Rôtie 😁 Wish they’d done more with the cork 😎 🏵 96 points & should improve 😉

Holy meat! Nose is iodine smoked meats olive tapenade organ meat. Crushed dry Mediterranean herbs.

Impressive vintage. Drank perfectly. blackberry chocolate leather pepper cherry tobacco earthy smoke oak

Not for everyone-- huge American Cote Rotie. Coffee black pepper smokey dark fruit. An experience of Walla Walla stones

pepper dark fruit cherry smoke leather tobacco earthy blackberry mint 가볍고 복합적인 노즈 신대륙 쉬라라고는 생각하기 어려운 얇은 노즈와 팔렛이 인상적이었다 블라인드로 부르고뉴 영빈 좋은 피노로 생각될정도였으며 매우 복합미가 뛰어났다

Wow! So many layers! All round edges. Finish is so long, it’s hard to comprehend. I want more!

Deep rich and smooth. An extravaganza of flavour.

Hints of Cote Rotie. Fabulous!

Out of the gate this 11 yr old punches you in the face. Big inky Syrah. Thanks for sharing!

pepper blackberry tobacco

Bacon fat, olive tapenade, and game. A triump!

Cayuse Barrel select Syrah, 2008.

Somewhere between Northern Rhône and Sine Qua Non. 👁: Deep garnet 👃: Primary: anise, herbs, iron, blackberry, Secondary: nutmeg, oak, milk, chocolate, Tertiary: balsamic, smoke, barbecue, 👅: Dry. Full bodied. Medium acidity. Medium tannin.

pepper leather chocolate dark fruit oak savory plum vanilla mushroom exotic spice Very rich with lots spices and oak

Very unusual wine. Love the funky nose and the finish is smoooooth. Strong minerality.

Excelente vinho...

Crazy cool label. The wine is spectacularly complex. Dirty, meaty, herbaceous and dark fruit. A great wine to bring in the New Year 🎉🎊

ワシントンの狂ったカルト・シラー 濃いガーネット色、溶けた宝石のように粘性、滑らかに輝く。エッジの色は少し抜け始める。 閉じているそれなのに香りが複雑に。 苺、野薔薇、土、鉄、血液、甘草、チョコレート、トースト、焦がしたオークブラックペッパー。 果実味とタンニンは重厚だが穏やかに広がり、甘苦い。豊富な渋みとピリッと感じるスパイシーさ。 硬く、ビターな大人向けシラー。 この個体からは評判以上のものは感じられなかったので、また次回飲んでみたい。

ワシントンの狂ったカルト・シラー 濃いガーネット色、溶けた宝石のように粘性、滑らかに輝く。エッジの色は少し抜け始める。 閉じているそれなのに香りが複雑に。 苺、野薔薇、土、鉄、血液、甘草、チョコレート、トースト、焦がしたオークブラックペッパー。 果実味とタンニンは重厚だが穏やかに広がり、甘苦い。豊富な渋みとピリッと感じるスパイシーさ。 硬く、ビターな大人向けシラー。 この個体からは評判以上のものは感じられなかったので、また次回飲んでみたい。

One of the worst wines I’ve tasted rubber tar flint crushed gravel jalapeno yeast