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Syrah/Shiraz
Above: Australia’s Shiraz grape varietals.
Above: (Left): Black Syrah Grapes from NapaValley. (Right): Australia’s Shiraz grape varietals.
Above: Australia finest Shiraz style example. Both in style and in price.
Wine Style:
Like many world-popular grapes, Syrah can differ in style depending on the climate, region and winemaking techniques. Typical aromas and flavors from most Syrah-based wines include pepper, blackberry and leather or smoke. Australian Shiraz and Central or Southern California Syrah tend to be denser in fruit flavors, some even jammy – warmer climates lead to riper fruit flavors. Northern Rhone style typically shows more pepper and leather notes, with less upfront fruit. Washington State, South Africa and South America differ in style but usually show the range of Syrah flavors.
Flavors:
Origin:
Australia, Cote Rotie, and Hermitage in Northern Rhone in France
Found:
Australia, France, California, South Africa, and Washington
This is a hardy grape which originated in the Northern Rhone where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rotie 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 Cote Rotie, 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 Rhone where it is blended with Grenache and Mourvedre to produce the great red wines of Chateauneuf 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 Rhone counterpart and the best examples are redolent of new leather, dark chocolate, liquorice, and prunes and display blackcurrant lusciousness.
Further Reading:
About.com
Appellation America
Cellar Notes
Epicurious
Wine Intro
Wine Pros
Wine.com
Wikipedia
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西拉/設拉子
葡萄酒的風格：
像許多世界流行的葡萄，西拉可以在不同的作風，根據對氣候，區域和葡萄酒釀造技術。典型的香 氣和口味，從最西拉為基礎的葡萄酒，包括辣椒，黑莓和皮革或吸煙。澳洲設拉子和中環或南加州西拉往往是在稠密的水果口味，有些甚至jammy -溫暖的氣候，導致r iper水果的風味。北部羅納作風，通常顯示更多的胡椒和皮革注意到，與少的前期成果。美國華盛頓州，南非和南美洲各有不同的風格，但通常顯示的範圍西拉 的風味。
資料來源：
澳大利亞，科rotie ，和埃爾米塔日在北部羅納在法國
發現：
澳大利亞，法國，美國加州，南非，和華盛頓
這是一個哈葡萄，其中起源於北部羅納而產生的偉大紅葡萄酒的埃爾米塔日，科rotie和右爾納，並在澳大利亞，而生產的葡萄酒驚人的深度和強度。
合 理的低收益率的一個關鍵因素是質量為採摘最佳成熟。其中心地帶，埃爾米塔日和科rotie ，組成270公頃急梯田的葡萄園生產的葡萄酒邊緣與辣椒，香料，焦油和黑色treacle時，年輕的。經過5-10年，他們成為順利和velvety明顯 的水果的特點， damsons ，樹莓，黑加侖和loganberries 。
現在是長大廣泛，在南部隆河的地方，這是混紡與 grenache和mourvedre產生很大的紅葡萄酒的chateauneuf杜帕普和gigondas等。它的精神家園在澳大利亞是Barossa 谷，那裡有種植約會，因為早在1860年。澳洲設拉子往往是甜，比其北方羅納對口和最好的例子是redolent新的皮革，黑巧克力，甘草， prunes和顯示黑lusciousness 。