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Pentâge Winery Syrah 2016
Skaha Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaPentâge Winery continues to hold back its Syrah at the winery, in effect doing the ageing for you, and you sense it as soon as you take a whiff of 2016. Some early reduced rubbery syrah notes dissipate with air time in your glass or decanter. The tannins are silky, and the palate is awash in savoury, meaty, peppery fruit streaked with sagebrush and cool raspberry. Good value. Four separate ferments using different selected yeasts add to their complexity. It is matured for 18 months in 70% French and 30% American oak. Only 30 percent of the barrels were new; the rest of the wood was two to four years old. I would love to see a French oak version of this wine.Tasted: 03 November 2021Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| BC | $24.35 | 750ml | winery online |
Grape: Shiraz/SyrahCSPC: 362442
