Syrah

Colour Rose Wine Style Dry rosé Brand La Chasse du Pape Grape Syrah Country France Region Languedoc Roussillon Price Band £3 to £5 Wine Type Still Available In 75cl Organic No Available from FinestWine.com Occasions * Barbeque * Birthdays * Dinner at Home * Gift * Romantic Dinner * Special Occasion Food * Aperitif * Cheese * Chocolate * Fish WONDERFUL WINE FOR SUCH

Average Rating 9 Colour Rose Wine Style Dry rosé Brand La Chasse du Pape Grape Syrah Country France Region Languedoc Roussillon Price Band £3 to £5 Wine Type Still Available In 75cl Organic No Available from Asda Sainsbury’s Occasions * Barbeque * Birthdays * Dinner at Home * Gift * Romantic Dinner * Special Occasion Food * Aperitif * Cheese * Chocolate * Fish

Producer: Frei Brothers Winery Wine:Reserve Russian River Valley Syrah Vintage: 2004 Country: USA Appellation: Russian River Valley Wine Type: Red Varietal: Syrah 98%, Viognier 2% Grade: B+ Designation: Excellent Value Price: $17 Buy Wine: FinestWine.com Frei has been around since back in the 90’s, the 1890’s. The Swiss Andrew Frei began making wine in the rural Sonoma County back then. The Fr

Rating: 2 Although the bottlers neglected to include any information, I’ll hazard a guess — based on the name and on the taste — that this wine is a mix of Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Syrah grapes with an emphasis on the latter. The result is a wine with very light body that is so mildly [...]

The Maule Valley is one of the more southerly winegrowing regions of Chile. Far from the capital, Santiago, it was neglected for a long time, and its grapes were used primarily in simple jug wines for local consumption. More and more, though, ambitious winemakers are catching on to the area’s potential, and the result has [...]

The Rusack Winery 2003 Santa Barbara County Syrah is made with grapes from the estate vineyard and two neighboring vineyards in Ballard Canyon. The grapes were cold soaked and then fermented in small open-top bins, with punch downs, by hand, twice a day. Aged in 47% new French oak for 16 months. At blending 7% Petite Sirah and 5% Grenache was added for complexity. Bottled unfiltered.In the glass t

Name Vernay G. - Syrah Vintage 2007 - Appellation VDP Region Rhone Valley, France Category Red Wine Price $ 279.00 price quoted for case of 6 bottles Weight 0 Kg Volume 750 ml Ratings Description Reference 25000

Producer: Pax Wine Cellars Wine: Rose’ of Syrah Vintage: 2003 Country: U.S.A. Appellation: Sonoma County Wine Type: Rosé and Grenache Varietal: Syrah Grade: B+ Designation: Excellent Value Price: $16 To begin with, I’m skeptical about Rosés. I approach them with trepidation. I avoid them like co-workers who tell bad puns, or insurance agents trying to sell me a universal life policy. Maybe this was [...]

Recentemente uma leitora do QVinho comentou sobre o álcool excessivo nos vinhos da Salentein, afirmando que os vinhos dessa bodega teriam um desequilíbrio em favor do álcool. Isso até pode ser verdade, muito embora não ocorra apenas com esse produtor, o fato é que o vinho atual tem mais álcool do que nunca. É importante [...]

Recentemente uma leitora do QVinho comentou sobre o álcool excessivo nos vinhos da Salentein, afirmando que os vinhos dessa bodega teriam um desequilíbrio em favor do álcool. Isso até pode ser verdade, muito embora não ocorra apenas com esse produtor, o fato é que o vinho atual tem mais álcool do que nunca. É importante [...]

Roar 2005 Santa Lucia Highlands Syrah shows a vibrant dark garnet color in the glass with a purple hue. The nose is dominated by blackberry with vivid dark fruit and notes of floral and violet.The palate is again all blackberry upfront with dusty earth, coffee, and black cherry at the finish.This rather complex, medium to full bodied Syrah has great acidity and tannins that create a perfect backbone for the lush, creamy, fruit and berries.I found this wine exciting and, although young, still very approachable. I would however like to revisit this wine in a couple of years and hopefully find it even more in harmony and balance, without having lost that "big and lush" quality.Find this wine at Wine-Searcher.com and WineZap.com from $39.99.Vote for my blog here and help me reach top 10 on The

Last Saturday, I followed through on my promise to make something sweet for the tasting room (which I planned to get double use out of by tripling the recipe and taking one third to a dinner party that night). Waking up early that morning, I got out the ingredients for these cranberry cupcakes with maple cream cheese icing. I followed the insrtuctions, except for adding more cranberries and more maple syrup. Once they were cool and frosted, I loaded them up on plates– with extras in tupperware– and headed over to work. Because they were more like muffins and the only sweetness came from the syrup, I decided to go with the dessert wine with lowest residual sugar: the 2004 Rosenblum Syrah Port from the Castanho Vineyard in San Francisco Bay. The wine showed light spice, smoke, and cherries and cranberries that went quite nicely with the cupcakes. Yum. cranberry cupcakes with maple cream cheese icing, 2004 Rosenblum Syrah Port, Castanho Vineyard

Great news! We got the Wine Spectator Insider yesterday, and it included a wonderful surprise on the first page. The 2005 Kick Ranch Reserve Syrah received 94 points from James Laube. Here’s what he said: This open-throttle Syrah is extremely dark, rich and extracted, with loads of flavor, honing in on crushed black pepper, wild berry, blackberry and baking spices, all folding together on the finish. Ends with a tight focus. Drink now through 2012. We made less than 500 cases of this one, so don’t wait to buy it. Once the e-mail goes out today the phones will be off the hook, as they were with the Rominger. 2005 Kick Ranch Reserve Syrah

Robert Craig 2003 Central Coast Syrah is made from fruit from vineyards in Los Olivos, Santa Ynez Valley, and Paso Robles.It shows a vivid clear, dark garnet color in the glass. Lifting the glass to my nose black currant, dark cherry, dark raspberry, black licorice and a hint of smoked meat and vanilla meets me. On the palate an array of big ripe, and at the same time slightly earthy, fruit and berries with dark cherry, blackberry, with peppery notes, displays. The tannins are big and soft in this medium to full bodied wine.I enjoyed this wine. It has a lot of nuances and is big and bold at the same time as it has some finesse. For the price it is a good choice.The original price at the winery was $30. I found it at the local grocery store at sale for only $ 20. Vote for my blog here and help me reach top 10 on The Blog Top!

Cork:Synthetic Name: Judd (Judd’s Hill) Type: Syrah Vintage: 2002 Region: Napa Valley Country: USA Producer: Finkelstein Vineyards Price: $18.99 Purchased at: Vintage’s Wine & Spirits Date: 07/10/07 Served With: Hershey’s Extra Creamy Milk Chocolate w/Toffee & Almonds Appearance: I can’t see through it! That’s usually a good thing. Very deep, dark purple. Aroma: Black berry, black currant (cassis) Taste: Very fruity on the front end and slightly tart on the finish. A bit alcoholy on the long finish. It’s a little lite on the tannins for my tastes. Comments: Very thick. Very Rich. Very intense. 14.2% Alcohol. Too fruity for me. I bought this on a recommendation from the store owner. I told her I like smooth syrahs that aren’t to alcoholy and I like some fruity taste. She translated that into a silky, aged, intensely fruity wine. This was not her fault at all, I simply expressed myself incorrectly. Also, to be fair this win

The Ojai Vineyard 2001 White Hawk Vineyard Santa Barbara County Syrah has an incredibly dense, dark red/purple color in the glass, promising me serious fruit.On the nose it displays blackberry and hint of oak and a floral note I would describe as violet. I expected more heavy fruit on the nose but at this stage I get the feeling that we are dealing with a Syrah made in a slightly more elegant style.Blackberry, dark cherry, and spice shows beautifully on the palate with some smokey wood at the very finish. Great acidity and perfectly firm, well integrated, tannins gives this medium to full-bodied wine a great balanced feel in the mouth and a long lingering finish. At this point I can confirm that even though is shows plenty of fruit on the palate they are of the slightly more soft and restrained type as this wine turns out to be made in a more elegant style.This wine was perfect to sip with a few pieces of dark chocolate in front of the movie we watched Sunday night. I wish I had anothe

We had this wine last night when having a BBQ in the backyard. The dinner contained of a Spanish spice rubbed chicken with spicy parsley and mint sauce, grilled vegetables and a tomato/corn salad.This syrah has a dark, dense, purple/red color in the glass. On the nose it shows black cherry, dark fruit and black currant. On the palate, intense dark, ripe, cherries again with black berries and some oak. This wine was very concentrated in the dark, ripe, fruit and berries but manages to balance that pretty well with decent acidity and round tannins. Over all not an amazing syrah but certainly good. Worked well with our meal, and it won't break your bank. Find it at Wine-Searcher.com from $26.45.Vote for my blog here and help me reach top 10 on The Blog TopI am now in top 11!

We bought this wine when visiting Rideau Vineyard last summer. I pulled it from the wine fridge tonight anticipating a good match with the BBQ flank steak and Santa Maria style salsa I was preparing.This wine has a dense, dark, inky purple color in the glass. Looking at the color you expect massive dark fruit and berries, and it sure delivers. Greeting you is a big punch of black pepper, dark berries and black currant. Sipping it, the ripe, dark fruit hits you again with a hint of vanilla. Big, soft tannins and black berries finishes this wine.This is a voluptuous, big, maybe even huge, naught, naught syrah. But oh so good!It worked to a certain extent with our meal. The pepper and big body was perfect, but it was a bit to ripe and fruity. Still, we had a great meal and a great wine. Perfect match or not....Robert Parker gave this wine 90 points. I bought it for $58 at the winery. Searching the web I could not find it for sale. If you do run across it, grab a bottle or two. It is worth

Viña Cavas del Valle: El terruño: “El Alto Valle de Elqui - conocido por su sequedad ambiental, elevadas temperaturas y heladas invernales - es el lugar propicio para desarrollar la profunda tonalidad oscura brillante, la diversidad aromática y el gran cuerpo de la cepa Syrah. Este terroir idílico se presta naturalmente para vitivinicultura orgánica sin pesticidas, fungicidas [...]

Viña Cavas del Valle: El terruño: “El Alto Valle de Elqui - conocido por su sequedad ambiental, elevadas temperaturas y heladas invernales - es el lugar propicio para desarrollar la profunda tonalidad oscura brillante, la diversidad aromática y el gran cuerpo de la cepa Syrah. Este terroir idílico se presta naturalmente para vitivinicultura orgánica sin pesticidas, [...]

Presentación de viña Chateau Los Boldos: Este vino Tradition Syrah 2003, de color negro oscuro, tiene una nariz muy atractiva que ofrece un panel aromático típico del Syrah. A la nariz, se puede destacar aromas a especias, a pimienta negra, a ligo, olivas y tabaco fresco. En la boca, los taninos son muy redondos, casi azucarados. De [...]

This is not my first time reviewing a Bonaccorsi wine, one of my favorite wineries in Santa Ynez Valley. Read more about the history and their Pinot Noirs here and here.The Bonaccorsi 2002 Red Monkey Syrah is made from fruit primarily from the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard, with some Fiddlestix Vineyard blended in. It has a a dark red/purple color. At first a burst of plum, cherries and raspberries greets you on the nose. After letting it sit for a couple of minutes, tea and vanilla reveals itself. On the palate not to ripe, dark fruit and berries, with some spice to it. Great acidity and notable tannis, medium long finish.I am a big fan of Bonaccorsi wines since several years and this wine is no exception. We got several bottles of this wine about 2 years ago for $30 per bottle (a great price for a great wine). We have opened one of them about every six months and today we really thought it was at it's best so far. We have one bottle left and are looking forward to enjoying it in t

Rudd is renowned for their outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon, but did you know the make a great Syrah as well?The Rudd Crossroads 2003 Sonoma Valley Syrah has a dark, dense reddish/purple color in the glass, with tons on ripe, dark fruit and berries on the nose. Beautiful ripe berries on the palate again with some spice and sufficient acidity and firm tannins. We enjoyed this wine with baked spaghetti topped with flavorful tomato sauce and Italian meatballs. Thanks for a great dinner Robyn!I got it at the winery for $30 last summer, and could not find it online when looking for it tonight. If you can find it it is definitely worth a try.Prior to the Rudd Syrah we had a bottle of Vigneti Villafranca 2003 Castelli Romani Red Wine. Made from Sangiovese, Merlot and Montepulciano grapes, this wine has a bright ruby red color in the glass. Soft dark fruit and berries on the nose and very velvety fruit and smooth tannins on the palate. This wine is a very easy-to-drink wine and a crowd pleaser.

Wine Blogging Wednesday #30 has been posted and the deadline is quickly approaching, due to impending holidays. The topic is right up my alley, though, as I’ve been very enamored with Syrah lately. Tim at Winecast wants it to be New World versions, so I’m thinking South Africa or a return to Australia, [...]

Días freak!! Partimos con la Matilda Svensson diciendo que hoy es el día 69 del año y que el día estaba extraño mmm jajaja cosas de ella, además ayer vi en las noticias que habían encontrado una sirena o mas bien parecía un triton que lo encontraron en un barco que salió de Brasil y que a las 2 horas lo encontraron quemado en las costas de Australia mmm eso si que es extraño mas encima había una grabación que decía que 2 días antes se habían encontrado con seres extraños que los seguían y que capturaron a uno que se acerco al barco y luego vino una ola gigante y seria todo... apareció quemado y todos muertos. Vean la foto, no es muy lindo que digamos, cosas de la criptozoologia (mas info)...Además hoy, encontraron a una familia de humanos cuadrúpedos (en realidad nunca salieron en las noticias, pero siempre estuvieron ahí) viven en Turquía y como dije caminan en “4 patas” era de esperar el boom de esto ya que los estudiosos de la evolución creen que podría t