2021 Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron, Syrah, Coombsville, Napa Valley, California, USA

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Syrah
Ready, but will improve
Product: 20218306689
2021 Haynes Vineyard, Forgeron, Syrah, Coombsville, Napa Valley, California, USA

Description

When talking to Carlton, we discussed the Forgeron Syrah's great similarity to a Saint Joseph. This wine has great energy, a rich yet delicate floral and spice note, and a delicious, high-quality lengthy finish. It is incredibly expressive and undoubtedly the most exciting Syrah I’ve tasted from the US in years.

Drink 2025 - 2038

Cameron Gates, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd (September 2024)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Syrah
Body Full Bodied
Producer Haynes Vineyard

About this wine

Syrah/Shiraz

A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Reasonably low yields are a crucial factor for quality as is picking at optimum ripeness. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young. After 5-10 years they become smooth and velvety with pronounced fruit characteristics of damsons, raspberries, blackcurrants and loganberries. It is now grown extensively in the Southern Rhône where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre to produce the great red wines of Châteauneuf du Pape and Gigondas amongst others. Its spiritual home in Australia is the Barossa Valley, where there are plantings dating as far back as 1860. Australian Shiraz tends to be sweeter than its Northern Rhône counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display a blackcurrant lusciousness. South African producers such as Eben Sadie are now producing world- class Shiraz wines that represent astonishing value for money.
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