Syrah

While Syrah is called Shiraz in Australia, and Syrah most everywhere else, both are essentially the same grape. It is popular today in Rhône blends, whether that’s in France’s Rhône Valley, Washington, Australia’s Barossa Valley, Chile, South Africa, or throughout California.

The grape was at one time prolific throughout Persia, however, its origin actually traces back to France’s Northern Rhône Valley.

Syrah is an offspring of two grapes: Dureza and Mondeuse blanche. A key grape in the GSM blend—Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre—Syrah expresses peppery, chocolate, and dark-red fruit notes. This blend is quite popular with wineries along California’s Central Coast.

Syrah is a perfect wine for aging as its nuances truly develop after 10 or 15 years in the bottle. One of the most expensive Syrahs and a frequent item at auction is from Sine Qua Non, a California cult winery. In 2008, these Syrahs (1990s vintages) were selling at auction for between $300 and $2,000 a bottle.

Quick Facts

Syrah plantings in France’s Rhône region drastically increased from 3,300 acres in 1958 to 86,000 acres by the mid-1990s
It wasn’t until 2000 that Syrah earned a spot on the list of top 10 most planted wine-grape varietals
Syrah is used to make sparkling Shiraz at a few Australian wineries

Sellers Who Sell Syrah

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Theodore Bruce

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Five Bottles of Shiraz including Black Duck Durif & Salvatore

Six Bottles of Shiraz & Cabinet Sauvignon including Eden Grove, The Great Bonza

1966 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 67 (5 bottles) and 1967 - Vat 11 (1 bottle), Hunter River, New South Wales. Total: 6 bottles.

1975 Special Vintage Penfolds St. Henri Claret, Magill, South Australia, (3 bottles)

2004 Katnook Estate Shiraz, Coonawarra, South Australia, (1500ml), in original timber boxes, (2 magnums)

Quinta das Camélias, Syrah, 2 gfas.

1964 Penfolds Coonawarra Claret (Shiraz), South Australia, (3 bottles).

1975 Tyrrell's Hunter River Dry Red, Vat 7 (8), and Vat 8 (4), (total 12 bottles)

1976 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz, Bin 389, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 750ml, (6 bottles)

1976 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz, Bin 389, Barossa Valley, South Australia, 750ml, (6 bottles).

1976 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 5 (1 bottle), 1976 Dry Red - Vat 9 (7 bottles) and 1976 Cabernet Shiraz Malbec - Vat 94 (4 bottles). Total: 12 bottles.

1977 Tyrrell's Hunter River Dry Red - Vat 9 (9 bottles), Vat 11 (3 bottles) Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 750ml, (total:12 bottles))

1977 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 5, Hunter River, New South Wales, (12 bottles).

1978 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 8 (3 bottles), Vat 9 (7 bottles) and Vat 11 (2 bottles), Hunter River, New South Wales. Total: 12 bottles.

1978 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 5 (11 bottles) and 1987 - Vat 11 (1 bottle), Hunter River, New South Wales. Total: 12 bottles.

Tyrrell's Dry Reds: 1979 (1), 1980 (8) and 1981 (3). Total: 12 bottles.

1980 Tyrrell's Pinot Hermitage (Shiraz) - Blend D2404, Hunter River, New South Wales, (12 bottles).

1984 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 8 (6 bottles) and 1987 Dry Red - Vat 9 (5 bottles), Hunter River, New South Wales. Total: 11 bottles.

1985 Tyrrell's Hunter River Dry Red - Vat 9 Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 1500ml, (3 Magnums)

1985 Tyrrell's Hunter River Dry Red - Vat 9 Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 1500ml, (3 Magnums).

1985 Tyrrell's Hunter River Dry Red - Vat 9 Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 1500ml, (3 Magnums).

1991 Tyrrell's Dry Red - Vat 11, Hunter River, New South Wales. (12 bottles).

1970 PENFOLDS Bin 128 Shiraz, Coonawarra, South Australia, (6 bottles).

1964 Rhine Castle Clare Hermitage, Clare Valley, South Australia, (3 bottles) plus 1969 (6 bottles); plus 3 other various reds. Total: 12 bottles.

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