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Syrah/​Shiraz (SIR-​RA/​SHIR-​AZ)

This fruit packed dry Red Wine is a delight­ful pair for lamb. Many with notes of bak­ing spices, some with a slightly sweet fin­ish. This vari­ety ranges from medium to heavy bod­ied, depend­ing on the style the wine­maker is attempt­ing to achieve.

Syrah and Shi­raz are the same grape vari­ety. In Aus­tralia and South Africa, they refer to it as Shi­raz, and it is their flag­ship vari­ety for Red Wines grown there.

French Syrah is grown in the Rhone region where the ori­gin of the grape vari­ety began. The Rhone Syrah is blended with Grenache and Mour­de­vre vari­eties and disl­pays ele­gant mild tan­nins and depth in com­plex­ity, gen­er­ally speaking.

Cal­i­for­nia also pro­duces Syrah with great com­plex­ity as a sin­gle vari­etal, gen­er­ally with more firm tannins.still more mild in tan­nin than a Zin­fan­del or Caber­net, but def­i­nitely will hold up to red meat of any kind.

This is the type of Wine I would enjoy by the fire pit in the Fall with a good Cigar.

Try Maple-​glazed Pork, sweet potato and dark green veggies…WOW!

Although fruity, this wine is a lit­tle too heavy and dry for Sangria…no fruit required!

Petite Sirah ‚( or Petite Syrah) is not the same as Syrah. It is believed to be a field blend of dif­fer­ent vari­eties. One of the grapes believed to be a com­po­nent is Peloursin. Weird right?

Although these grapes are not the same, both have a huge mouth-​feel!

Almost for­got dessert! Pump­kin pie with warm caramel sauce or Black-​Berry Cob­bler with Vanilla Ice Cream…YUM!