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Ch10 Syrah & Grenache Flashcards

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Syrah General Characteristics

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Syrah in France / Shiraz in Australia

Small, thick dark coloured skins

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Syrah Flavours and aromas

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  • Deep colour + Medium or High Tannin + Medium Acidity + Full Body
  • Black fruit (blackberry) + Dark Chocolate
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Syrah Climate

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MODERATE CLIMATE
- Black fruit (blackberry) + Dark Chocolate + Herbaceous + Smoked Meat + Spice (black pepper)

HOT CLIMATE
- More sweet spices (liquorice)

DOES NOT ripen in cool climates

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Syrah Ageing

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Age = best wines develop animal + vegetal (leather, wet leaves, earth)

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Syrah Oaked

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Most undergo oak - either barrel or chips or staves = toast + smoke + vanilla + coconut

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Grenache General Characteristics

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  • Garnacha in Spain

- Large, thick skinned, light in colour wines

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Grenache Flavour and Aromas

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  • Very Full Body + High Sugar + Low Acid
  • Red fruit (strawberry, raspberry) + Spice (white pepper, liquorice)
  • With age = evolves into toffee + leather
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Grenache Climate

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Needs hot climate

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Grenache Ageing

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With age = evolves into toffee + leather

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Syrah Grenache Blending

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Similar to Cabernet Sauvignon + Merlot (but easier to make 100% Syrah than 100% Cabernet Sauvignon)

Southern Rhone adds other wines eg Mourvedre and Cinsault add to character of wine (others just add to higher yields + cheap + easy to grow

Australia = Shiraz + Grenache = full body + fruity red + soft tannins + best served lightly chilled.
More serious wines = Full body + intense + complex
Serious Wines include other varieties eg Mataro = Mourvedre….GSM (Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvedre)

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Grenache Adds?

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Grenache = more alcohol + lower levels of tannins + acidity + red fruit + spice

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Syrah Adds?

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Syrah = boosts colour + tannin + acidity + dark fruit

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Northern Rhone Regions

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Cote Rotie
Hermitage
Crozes-Hermitage

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Northern Rhone Characteristics

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  • Classic region for Syrah
  • Finest wines grown on steep terraces above Rhone
    so narrow, can only be harvested by hand = expensive
  • Sunlight + good drainage
  • Powerful, complex, age-worthy wines
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Crozes-Hermitage

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  • Large appellation that’s flatter = less expensive - but less intense and less complex
  • Black pepper + tannins + acids = like Syrah from moderate climates
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Southern Rhone Regions

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  • Cote du Rhone
  • Cote du Rhone Villages
  • Chateauneuf-du-Pape
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Southern Rhone Landscape

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  • Flatter, no steep slopes, wide stony plains

- Hotter and drier than northern Rhone ideal for Grenache

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Southern Rhone Styles

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  • Large range of styes and qualities
  • Cheap = Medium Body + Light Tannin + Simple Juicy Red Fruit and Pepper
  • Best = could pass for Chateauneuf-du-Pape in terms of body + complexity + intensity + length
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Most famous Southern Rhone and the only AC in Southern Rhone

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  • Chateauneuf-du-Pape

- Some are 100% Grenache, but mostly blended with Mourvedre, Syrah and Cinsault

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How many grape varieties allowed in Chateauneuf-du-Pape

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13 permitted grape varieties - but most use very few

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Chateauneuf-du-Pape Characteristics

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Full Body + Medium Tannin + Low Acidity + Intense character

Red fruit (strawberry) + Spice (pepper, liquorice) + Animal (leather)

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Minervois, South France

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Increasing numbers of premium Grenache and Syrah from South France

Minervois

  • Main varieties = Grenache + Carignan (carignan gives tough wines with high acid and high tannin)
  • Syrah + Mourvedre used to add complexity to the best wines
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Spain Garnacha

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Garnacha most widely planted variety in Spain

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Highest Expression in Spain?

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Priorat
- Highest expression, quality, complex premium wines = expensive

  • Deep colour + Powerful + Full Body
  • Grenache main component of blends

Used alone or main component of Rose = Navarra

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Tempranillo

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Garnacha can be blended with Tempranillo (Rioja) - but rarely seen in best Rioja

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Garnacha Rose

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Used alone or main component of Rose in Navarra

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Australia Regions

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Hunter Valley
McLaren Vale
Barossa Valley

Victoria (moderate climate)

  • Grampions
  • Heathcoate

South Australia

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Victoria (Grampions and Heathcoate) styles

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  • Different style

- More peppery + less full bodied + intense flavour + complex + similar to Rhone

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South Australia Shiraz

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  • Best shiraz are multi-regional blends
  • Blending makes more complex + premium wine with consistent style in larger quantities
  • Sometimes mention origin on label - but GI will be South Australia
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South Africa Shiraz

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  • Deep coloured + full body

- Dried fruit (raisins, prune, fruitcake) + Smoked meat + Oak

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California and Washington

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Full body + dark fruit

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New Zealand

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Hawke’s Bay

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Chile

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San Antonio

- More elegant + Fruity + Peppery

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Where is Minervois and what is it known for

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It is in the South of France and its known for Grenache blended with Carignan.

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BULK

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Cote du Rhone = large volume at low price
South of France 
Pays d’OC
Languedoc AC
Spain (Grenache led)
Australia
Riverland
Murray-Darling
Riverina
Names not on labels - SEA
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BLENDS

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  • Shiraz Viognier
    Northern Rhone trend to add some white to fermentation
    Adds Smooth texture + Exotic fruit
  • Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache Syrah Mourvedre Cinsault
  • Grenache Tempranillo

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