Syrah

Vintage

2007

Description

Intense purple with a black core. Wonderful viscosity. A cool-fruity still life on the nose: fresh, black olives, chopped thyme, laurel, intense fragrance of violet, some ground cilantro, smoked bacon, black pepper, liquorice. The entire list not really dogmatic and, in any case, incomplete. Hints of noble oak. Dry, very smooth tannins and fine varietal characteristics, always juicy, yet not wandering off to a cake-type. Almost ethereal notes with a dark overall appearance. Densely packed and finely nervous, very long, at the beginning of a great career.

Accompanying ideas

Barbecue lamb leg without bone, wild pheasant with bacon cabbage, stewed venison  with juniper and olives, all varieties of steak with a considerable amount of pepper, Pecorino matured in caves, herb pasta with lentil sugo and smoked almonds with olive oil, truffle dishes and so on

Ratings

Falstaff 88-90 points
Vinaria 2 stars

Technical Specification

Serving temperature 16–18°C
Harvest Beginning of October 2007, manually picked into small boxes from the single vineyards Kleine Öden, Turner (loess brown earth with Silex interspersions) and Gillesberg (schist weathering soils)
Processing Destemming, closed must fermentation for 11 days, followed by 5 additional days of maceration, gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation, maturation in small oak barrels (60% new).
Bottling May 2009
Alcohol 13,5 Vol.%
Acidity 4,6 g/l
Residual sugar dry
Bottle sizes 0,75l to Double Magnum
German version