What is Syrah?

maybe no other grape uses two names as interchangeably as Syrah, called shiraz in many countries. It is not uncommon for two winery in the same district to use different terms - or in some cases to mark the same winery with one wine Syrah and the other shiraz. In general, the term Syrah and shiraz is used in the rest of the world in the United States and France. Some winemakers decide to use the term Syrah to refer to smoother wines made of Syrah and shiraz for wines that are somewhat rougher. In Australia, many of these old vineyards dated until the beginning of the 19th century, when the variety was imported from the French valley of Rhône. In the mid -1980s. Nowadays Syrah grows around the world and easily gets on the list of the top ten red varieties. While Australia and KaLifornia is the largest producers and markets for Syrah, older vineyards in Spain, Portugal, Italy and France also produce recognized wines from this grapes, and a number of vineyards in Chile and South Africa have exciting and courageous Syrah wines.

Syrah creates a very dark wine with a very full and robust body. Syrah is one of the root wines, especially when produced in milder environments, such as the Rhône valley or northern California. At best, these types of Syrah represent a quintessential taste of black pepper, which many consumers prefer.

Syrah from warmer environments - for example, Australia and Africa - tend to represent less this spice and are generally a lot of fucking tannin than their finer cousins. At the same time, these Syrahs are usually much sweeter than their cousins ​​of a colder climate. However, Syrah is rarely with a particularly fruit wine, one of the DTheir reasons why some drinkers consider less attractive than Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. Syrah is much more marked with different mineral tastes and surfaces that are dry than most.