May I please have more Syrah.
Saturday, December 27th, 2008I’ve noticed that over the last two years Syrah has been a tough sell. Even under the guise of Shiraz it has seemed to slow down a bit. Retailers I work with are telling me the same thing.
This is a surprise because at a variety of price points I can’t come up with another style of red wine that offers the same quality to value ratio.
It has become an ongoing joke in the California wine industry that Syrah will be the next big thing. Californian Syrah wears a few hats and maybe it’s problems in the market place is that the wine has somewhat of an identity crisis. My opinion is that a good Syrah should show some signs of smoke and or spice, especially pepper. That is always that telltale indicator of the grape in a blind tasting. It’s not wussy wine this is the real deal folks. We are talking about deep purple hues and burly tannins. It should be a bear of a wine, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be one of those really big nearly life sized teddy bears that you want to snuggle with. The bottom line the wine should have guts!
