The wine shows an extraordinarily intense nose of creme de cassis intermixed with blueberries and almost floral notes. As the wine sits in the glass, some meat, plum, and cola notes emerge. In the mouth, it is absolute perfection, seamless, with extraordinarily sweet tannin, well-integrated acidity, sensational extract, and just layer upon layer of blackberry and cassis fruits that stain the palate and fill the mouth. Its harmony, freshness, and remarkable length (nearly a minute) suggest an all-time classic and another legend.
Syrah or Shiraz is a bluish-black grape grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce powerful, spicy red wines. The use of the term Shiraz is unique to Australia. Other countries refer to it as Syrah.
The color of these rich and complex wines is always purplish-red tending towards inky. Syrah wine is tannic, often big and full-bodied with pronounced pepper, spice, black cherry, tar, leather and roasted nut flavors. Read More...
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