{"id":39930,"date":"2022-10-06T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/syrah-a-classic-of-the-wine-grape-black-varieties-for-memorable-red-wines\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T19:19:10","slug":"syrah-shiraz-a-classic-for-memorable-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/syrah-shiraz-a-classic-for-memorable-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrah or Shiraz, a classic for memorable red wines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39930\" class=\"elementor elementor-39930 elementor-39907\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac10d07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac10d07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9cbd0c\" data-id=\"e9cbd0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f68e825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f68e825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My first contact with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wine was in 2014, at the well-known &#8216;club of unauthorized wine tasters&#8217; in Arad, with a <\/span><b>2005 Penfolds Magill Estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/penfolds+magill+estate+sra+south+australia\/2005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shiraz<\/a>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was told to me that after tasting this wine, I will only drink imperfect <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shiraz! <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which was valid for less than a year. In 2015, at a wine festival, just in the historic Maramures, I was &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumulmaramuresului.ro\/descopera\/41\/MARAMURE%C8%98UL+TRADITIONAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stoned<\/a>&#8216; by a <\/span>&#8216;peak&#8217; <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from Dealu Mare!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4349d4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4349d4b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f02968\" data-id=\"8f02968\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97be06f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97be06f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>Let\u2019s meet: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivc.de\/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&amp;id=11748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oficial<\/a> passport of the<i>Syrah<\/i> grapevine variety<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2edf32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2edf32d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9c2086\" data-id=\"a9c2086\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4305cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4305cfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to VIVC:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is registered with the number 11748 and is a variety native to France.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has 98 synonyms, of which the best known is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Syrah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHIRAZ<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are varieties<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Syrah grosse, Syrah petit, Syrah forchue<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 45 institutions that own this grapevine variety in ampelographic collections\/ germplasm sources (gene banks) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The variety has a full pedigree and comes from parents proven by molecular analysis: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mondeuse blanche<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (alb) x <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dureza<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (negru)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has many descendants, including: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah self-fertilized 1992<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah x Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carina<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah x Sultanina<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rubin<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nebbiolo x Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is cultivated on more than 10 ha in 19 countries of the world. The graph shows the share in the countries that had more than 5000 ha with this wine grape variety (in 2009) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-297b818 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"297b818\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf16dff\" data-id=\"bf16dff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6b4505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6b4505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image1-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39963\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50c8b38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50c8b38\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7bd5b9\" data-id=\"a7bd5b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6051a46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6051a46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivc.de\/index.php?r=site%2Findex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIVC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8500416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8500416\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-305c20f\" data-id=\"305c20f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3549e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3549e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to VIVC, in 2009, in Romania were cultivated only<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16,40 ha<\/span> with <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Australia reached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wineaustralia.com\/market-insights\/regions-and-varieties\/shiraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2nd<\/a> place in the world, with almost 40,000 ha, surpassing Spain, which reached over 20,000 ha. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97138c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97138c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49810be\" data-id=\"49810be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e761cc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e761cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b><i>Syrah<\/i><\/b><b> in the World<\/b><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-181f1e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"181f1e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d044e03\" data-id=\"d044e03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551553d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"551553d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the classic cultivation area of this grapevine variety is in the North of the Rh\u00f4ne, on the terraces where mechanization does not work and the vineyards are still worked by hand. [3] <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cote Rotie and Hermitage are the most famous appellations that consecrated the wines of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i> variety<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With many vineyards cultivated on flat land, Crozes-Hermitage is the appellation that produces wines that are less complex, but also more affordable. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the South of the Rh\u00f4ne, where the star is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grenache<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by adding <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to some blends, together with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourvedre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinsault<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, memorable wines are constantly produced.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the grapevine variety that brought <\/span><b>Australia <\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the attention of wine lovers. It is grown on its own roots (not grafted) in almost all wine-growing regions on the continent and has its feast day, celebrated on July 23 <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/mixing-assembling-or-coupling\/\">blend<\/a>, colloquially called, <\/span><b>GSM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which does not represent a telephone&#8217;s aerial, but the initials of the component varieties: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grenache<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourvedre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wineaustralia.com\/market-insights\/regions-and-varieties\/shiraz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blend<\/a> where the varieties potentiate each other is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which combines the opulence of the first with the herbaceous austerity of the second. [2] <\/span><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><b> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In<\/span><b> Spain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is cultivated (in 2018) at 19,371 ha. In 1990, only 4 ha were officially registered. Nowadays, it occupies about 1.8% of the wine-growing area of the country. The largest area is in the Castilla-la-Mancha wine area (64% of the total). <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is highly sensitive to gray rot, chlorosis, mites and drought, but the woody material that falls during the dormancy cutting propels it into the area of some of the most environmentally friendly crops, because pellets for heating can be made from this wood, which means a great power of recycling, in this world with trends towards sustainable economy and ecology. It is one of the grapevine varieties that can be grown successfully in the soil carbon sequestration program, called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/4p1000.org\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4 per 1000<\/a>&#8220;. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An interesting combination can be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tempranillo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, resulting in a wine with a great aging capacity, due to the mutual potentiation based on the acidity of both varieties. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garnacha<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> + <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can also be an option, where not only the acidity supports each other, but also the spicy aromas bring extra security for a long maturation.[2] <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9110ced elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9110ced\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3337645\" data-id=\"3337645\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65e100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b65e100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b><i>Syrah<\/i><\/b><b> in Romania, today <\/b><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-340a7ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"340a7ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6462db7\" data-id=\"6462db7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b72188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b72188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the <a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/dictionary\/\">ONVPV<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Romania, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is cultivated in 18 counties, but we have chosen for exemplification only the first eight of those with more than 20 ha. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, an area of 638.41 ha will be cultivated with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Romania, according to ONVPV <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the 34 PDOs existing in Romania, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is allowed in 21 for wines with a protected designation of origin, with maximum productions from 70 to 215 q. In Dealu Mare, a maximum of 140 q\/ha can be produced <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDOs where<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i> is found<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Adamclisi, Aiud, Banat, Banu Maracine, Cotesti, Crisana, Dealu Mare, Dragasani, Husi, Insuratei, Jidvei, Mehedinti, Minis, Murfatlar, Odobesti, Oltina, Recas, Samburesti, Sebes-Apold, Segarcea and Tarnave <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Romania, only the synonyms <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shiraz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petit Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span>are allowed on the label, according to the OIV 2013 list (number 3425)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25c58f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25c58f4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cda5af\" data-id=\"0cda5af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c7e54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80c7e54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"944\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image2-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-39965\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed893b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed893b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d274d2\" data-id=\"2d274d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a133345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a133345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: ONVPV<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-facd4cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"facd4cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6adf0d1\" data-id=\"6adf0d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4124907 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4124907\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b><i>Syrah<\/i><\/b><b> or <\/b><b><i>Shiraz<\/i><\/b><b>, however we call it, has a distinct identity <\/b><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2ad23f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2ad23f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38babf1\" data-id=\"38babf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cf382a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cf382a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her work from 1996, Jancis Robinson said that &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belongs to the winegrower, while <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belongs to the oenologist&#8221;. [1] She referred to the fact that the &#8220;king of wines&#8221;,  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must be picked as late as possible, left to ripen well, in order to complete its character, and oenologists can express their talent by &#8220;playing&#8221; with winemaking techniques. <br><br><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a variety that extracts everything possible from the soil, correlates its physiology with the potential of the microclimate and can give very high yields compared to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That&#8217;s why the rationing of the production, the defoliation, the time of harvesting, all of which are the responsibility of the winegrower, can show his mastery in the final  <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wines<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are intense red, with a bluish hue when they are young, generously colored, with high alcoholic strength and remarkable full body, with high acidity, vigorous and rich in tannins. They are wines with complex aromas, between floral and fruity, with hints of violets and black currants, with accents of leather, tobacco and licorice, which lend themselves to light oak barrel contact, which can give them a slightly smoky tinge. [2]  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wines produced in moderate climate areas, we can find dark chocolate aromas, herbal notes, smoked meat or black pepper. In the hot climate areas, aromas of liquorice appear in the wine, and through aging, notes of earth, wet leaves, and leather are revealed. In areas with a cold climate, the variety does not reach full maturity. [3]    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the climatic evolution of the last 15 years leads to lower and lower latitudes, the possibility of cultivating this grapevine variety, and the success can be felt in the taste of wines from Northern Romania, in areas once dedicated to white wines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, more and more oenologists are experimenting, in Romanian wineries, with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wine without oak wood contact, enabling it to reveal all its extractive potential, fruitiness and minerality, expressing more and more faithfully the terroir- where the wine grapes are grown. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syrah<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the wine grape varieties that greatly appreciates mycorrhiza (the symbiosis of microscopic fungi in the soil with the roots of the vine) and becomes all the more complex the older the plantation is. That is why, only nowadays the wines from the plantations established in Romania 10-12 years ago, with this variety, are starting to show their potential as wines that can pass the test of time through aging <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-078374b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"078374b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77f7077\" data-id=\"77f7077\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05fbe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c05fbe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit; background-color: var(--pcbg-cl);\">References<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1] Robinson, Jancis \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wine Grapes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 1996<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variedades de vid en Espa\u00f1a<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2-a edicion, Edicion special, \u201cCurso Internacional de Ampelografia, OIV and IMIDRA 2021\u201d, Grupo Editorial Agricola Espanola SA, 2019 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[3] <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wines and Spirits \u2013 Looking behind the label<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, produced and published by Wine &amp;Spirits Education and Trust, 2014, pg.40<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first contact with Syrah wine was in 2014, at the well-known &#8216;club of unauthorized wine tasters&#8217; in Arad, with a 2005 Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz. 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