Its a slightly gloomy day here in Portland, OR and in honor of the coming Autumn B really wanted to open a delicious dark red. We went over to the old wine rack and spent some time debating what to open. After careful consideration we chose to open one of our bottles of 2010 TeSoAria Syrah. YAY!
This syrah is a deep purple-ish red. In fact, it is difficult to see through the glass because this '10 syrah is so dark. Which I know deep dark reds are always my favorite. In doing my favorite 'swirly test' (as I like to call it) this '10 syrah revealed thin fast running legs.
The TeSoAria 2010 Syrah has a very enticing aroma. I smell tobacco, blackberries and spice. B mentions that he smells pepper, which I think he does because that is what he is hoping to taste :) However, B was speaking with the wine maker and learned a fun fact about the syrah grapes. TeSoAria's wine maker went to another grape grower to potentially purchase the syrah grapes used in his syrahs. Evidently, when the wine maker got out to the fields to inspect the grapes, he could smell the pepper from the syrah grapes and knew he wanted to purchase the grapes. Anyhow, this syrah starts off pretty creamy with hints of raspberry and chocolate. Mid pallet this wine explodes with an earthy blend of pepper and plum but finishes delightfully dry. B says its good to the last drop and I whole heartily agree.
If you like syrah, you should definitely give this one a try.
xoxo,
kegw
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