Syrah

Levet’s Chavaroche is one of the most unyieldingly traditional and fascinating wines currently being made in the northern Rhône. Neal Rosenthal, Levet’s importer, aptly sums up the wines: “If you want the... Read More

The appellation of Crozes-Hermitage is located in the north of the Rhône Valley. This comes from Maxime Graillot, the eldest son of Alain Graillot, who in the early 2000s branched off on his own after working wtih his father... Read More

Ludovic and Corinne own just shy of a hectare of Saint-Joseph, in the village of Châteaubourg—the southernmost village in the appellation, just north of Cornas. As with their Cornas, they vinify the Saint-Joseph without... Read More

This 2020 Crozes comes in at fourteen percent alcohol and delivers a refined aromatic constellation of black raspberries, cassis, pepper, black olive, a fine base of soil tones, just a touch of oak influence and plenty of upper... Read More

100% Syrah from Texier's younger (20-40-year-old) vines, planted on a south-facing, limestone marl slope of the Brézème zone (on eastern side of the Rhône River at the southern edge of the northern Rhône... Read More

A young vine Syrah from several villages Chavanay, Ardoix, Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône, and Verin, all with a decomposed granite soil. Twelve day maceration with twenty-five percent whole clusters in open-top wood tapered vats... Read More

Gilgal Syrah was produced from Syrah grapes grown in Israel's Golan Heights. Aged in French oak barrels for 12 months, hints of smoky blackberry balance out the earthy characteristics of Syrah. The Gilgal Syrah displays notes... Read More

Guillaume Gilles is convinced that Cornas is at its best when one follows the most traditional of paths. Like Michel, he eschews the destemmer (in virtually all cases), works his vineyards by hand, ages his wine in old demi-muids... Read More

This wine, feral and exciting, issues from an old vines parcel on the flats in Cornas. The soil is sand and clay overlain with large “galet” stones. Made from pure Syrah planted in the 1870s, during phylloxera's... Read More

A rare varietal in the Finger Lakes, our Syrah reflects a Northern Rhone style. Fermented using indigenous yeast and bottled unfined/unfiltered for great expression of terroir and varietal character.

If you haven’t seen the iconic labels of Matthieu Barret yet, with the sketched bear, let this be an introduction.This wine comes from David Reynaud's vineyard, a biodynamic producer from Crozes-Hermitage. Barret sources... Read More

Tar, white pepper, figs, wet gravel, kalamata olives and dried plums. The fruit can be coaxed out with some air, but it is the spice and the olives and the tar which drive this earthy and old-world styled Syrah. Medium bodied... Read More

This Côte Rôtie-lite offers up notes of raspberry, tea leaf and juicy boysenberry, with smoky tobacco and bacon fat echoing in the background. With air, this rich expression of Syrah turns intensely fragrant and displays... Read More

From sandstone soils on South West hillside of the San Luis Obispo Coast, this is a Syrah which could only be made by someone who really loves Syrah. It is therefore unsurprising that winemaker Mikey Giugni is a die-hard fan of... Read More

Inky ruby. Smoke-accented dark berries and cherry liqueur on the highly perfumed nose. Juicy and seamless in texture, offering appealingly sweet blackberry and boysenberry flavors underscored by a smoky mineral quality. Fine-grained... Read More