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Syrah is typically blended to provide color and spice, while Mourvèdre can add elegance and structure to the wine.
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Syrah and is
Thus it has been proposed that Syrah red wine is named after Shiraz, a city in Persia where the grape was used to make Shirazi wine.
* In some countries, Shiraz is a synonym for the grape variety Syrah, used for wine, and once thought to originate from the city of Shiraz, Iran
* Syrah wine is not to be confused with Shirazi wine
Syrah or Shiraz is a dark-skinned grape grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce powerful red wines.
Syrah is used as a varietal and is also blended.
The parentage information, however, does not reveal how old the grape variety is, i. e., when the pollination of a Mondeuse Blanche vine by Dureza took place, leading to the original Syrah seed plant.
However, the description of the wine would also fit, for example, Dureza, and Pliny's observation that the vines of Allobrogica was resistant to cold is not entirely consistent with Syrah.
It is called Syrah in its country of origin, France, as well as in the rest of Europe, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and most of the United States.
This association suggests " Syrah " is a local French synonym and " Shiraz " is the proper name.
Another legend of the grape variety's origin, based on the name Syrah, is that it was brought from Syracuse by the legions of Roman Emperor Probus sometime after AD 280.
The wines that made Syrah famous were those from Hermitage, the hill above the town Tain-l ' Hermitage in northern Rhône, where an hermitage ( chapel ) was built on the top, and where de Stérimberg is supposed to have settled as a hermit after his crusades.
Syrah continues to be the main grape of the northern Rhône and is associated with classic wines such as Hermitage, Cornas and Côte-Rôtie.
Syrah is widely used to make a dry red table wine, which can be both varietal or blended.
Varietal labelling of Syrah / Shiraz wines is therefore a practice which has emerged in the New World, and primarily in Australia.
As a general rule, most Australian and South African wines are labelled Shiraz, and most European wines ( from such regions where varietal labelling is practiced ) are labelled Syrah.
Syrah is a variety that during the last few decades has been imported for cultivation in several countries.
It is also planted in Portugal, which favor making varietal Syrah wine, and not only blending with other types.
Syrah, as it is known in France, is grown throughout the Rhône valley.
Syrah is also a key component to many blends.
Syrah is also the only red grape used in the wines of the northern Rhône.
While southern Rhône produces relatively few wines where Syrah is in the majority, the proportion of Syrah in the blended wines of this region has been on the rise.
Syrah and typically
The leaves of Pinot noir are generally smaller than those of Cabernet Sauvignon or Syrah and the vine is typically less vigorous than either of these varieties.
Compared to Syrah, the wine is noticeably more dark and purplish in color, and typically rounder and fuller in the mouth, and offers a brightness that Syrah lacks.
In Australia it is typically blended in " GSM " blends with Syrah and Mourvèdre.
The wines here are anchored by Grenache Noir but typically include other grapes such as Syrah and Mourvedre.
Syrah and blended
* Syrah blended with a small amount of Viognier.
In the Languedoc, the grape is often blended with Cinsaut, Grenache, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Mourvèdre and Merlot.
It tends to lack acid, tannin and color, and is usually blended with other varieties such as Syrah, Carignan, Tempranillo and Cinsaut.
Today Grenache is most widely planted in the Languedoc-Roussillon region where it is widely blended with Carignan, Cinsaut, Syrah and Mourvèdre.
In Australia, Tempranillo is blended with Grenache and Syrah.
The northern sub-region produces red wines from the Syrah grape, sometimes blended with white wine grapes, and white wines from Marsanne, Roussane and Viognier grapes.
For wines bearing the Cornas AOC designation, Syrah must be used exclusively, whereas other reds from the northern Rhône sub-region may be blended with white wine grapes, either Viognier or Marsanne and Roussanne, depending on the appellation.
Depending on the specific AOC rules, grapes blended into southern Rhône reds may include Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan and Cinsault.
In addition to making red varietal wines, Mourvèdre is a prominent component in " GSM " blends where it is blended with Grenache and Syrah.
In many regions of the world, Mourvèdre is often blended with other varieties such as Grenache and Syrah in the " GSM " blends of Rhône, Australia and the United States.
Most of the wines produced here are red wines made from the Syrah grape, sometimes blended with small quantities of white Roussanne or Marsanne grapes.
It is blended with Mandilaria or Syrah to enhance its color.
Syrah and provide
Syrah has occasionally been used as a blending component with Argentina's signature dark-skinned grape Malbec to provide an " Argentinian take " on the Australian Cabernet-Shiraz blend.
Syrah and color
While there is some speculation, from critics such as Oz Clarke, that Barbera or even Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon may be used to augment the color and flavors of Barolos by some producers there is no explicit proof that this is occurring.
In these blends, Mourvèdre often provides color, fruit and some tannic structure to compliment the fruity Grenache and elegant Syrah.
Syrah and Mourvèdre
* Syrah as a minor blending component for Grenache and Mourvèdre.
Other red grapes include Cinsault, Counoise, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Syrah, Terret Noir, and Vaccarèse.
In recent years, the trend has been to include fewer ( or even none ) of the allowed white varieties and rely heavily ( or solely ) upon the Grenache, Mourvèdre, and Syrah.
Red, rosé and a few white wines are produced-the reds from Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Carignan and Cinsaut grapes ; the white are made from a blend of from Grenache blanc and Grenache gris.
Côtes du Roussillon are made with the traditional variety grapes of the Roussillon, that is Grenache Noir, Grenache Blanc, Carignan, Lladoner Pelut, Cinsault, Macabeu and Malvoisie and with some new to the region variety grapes: Syrah, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Marsanne ( all from Côte du Rhone ) and Vermentino ( from Italy ).
The blend allowed is: Carignan ( maximum 60 %), Syrah, Mourvèdre ( minimum 30 % combined ), Grenache Noir, Lladoner.
Red wines which comprise 95 % of the total production, are made from the principal varieties of Grenache Noir and Syrah ( 10 % minimum ), with secondary varieties of Cinsault, Mourvèdre Carignan.
Red and rosé wines are made from, Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault, Mourvèdre, and Carignan ( maximum 30 %).
Red wines are made from Grenache Noir ( minimum 40 %), Syrah and Mourvèdre ( minimum of 25 % together ), Cinsault, and Carignan ( maximum 10 %).
Red and rosé wines are made from Grenache Noir, Syrah, Cinsault, Carignane, Counoise and Mourvèdre grapes varieties.
The Grenache grape is required to be present at not less than 50 %, with 20 % Syrah and / or Mourvèdre.
In the red wines the Grenache grape must be present at not less than 50 %, with 20 % Syrah and / or Mourvèdre.
Red wines are made from Grenache Noir and Syrah, 60 %, ( of which Syrah minimum 10 %), Cinsault maximum 20 %, Mourvèdre Carignan, maximum 20 % other accepted varieties are: Counoise, Gamay Noir, Pinot Noir
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