I've been too busy with work and haven't posted in a couple weeks but I haven't stopped drinking. With all the work I've needed it.
First off is probably the best syrah I've drunk all fall and winter, a 2003 Marques de Grinon [with a curly thing over the n] syrah from Spain. I didn't even know Spain produced Syrahs; this is from the Dominio de Valdepusa estate. This wine is aged in oak for a year and ran me in the mid-$20 range.
2003 Marques de Grinon Syrah and Candoni Chianti
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM Posted by David
2008 Greg Norman Shiraz-Cabernet and 2003 Chianti Rufina
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 6:44 PM Posted by David
2011 begins with me still searching for a syrah/shiraz and a chianti that I really like. Haven't found one yet.
However, a 2008 Greg Norman shiraz-cabernet sauvignon blend that ran me in the mid- to high teens went down a lot more smoothly than most of the syrahs I've tried.
2003 Domaine Hatzimichalis Syrah
Saturday, January 1, 2011 at 9:24 AM Posted by David
I stumbled across this Greek syrah from the Atalanti Valley at Kahn's on the east side of Indianapolis; I didn't know that Greece produced syrahs. I looked up the Atalanti Valley, and assuming it's near the town of the same name, this wine is from the east central part of the country.
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