Category: Medium bodied red.
 
If you like: Nothern Rhone Syrah
 
Taste like: Aromas of blackberry and strawberry with violet, citrus notes as well as grilled bacon. Palate; high tone vibrant fruit, rich and round with lush red fruits, blood orange and floral notes, lifted by good acidity. Approachable power, spice, the finish is long with deep red fruit ending with a dark earthy minerality. Drink young and over the next ten years.
 
Area: AOC Cote-Rhotie
Viticulture: Organic farming
Grape: Syrah (100%)
Tech infos: La Sybarine is a blend of 25 years old Syrah from plots on decomposed granite from the “Cote Rotie Blond area” (Lieu dit Goutay and Mollard), 9 000 vines per hectares. Handpicked, temperature controlled, 80% destemmed. Daily punching down and pumping over during alcoholic fermentation. 15 days maceration. Aged 14 months in old French oak barrels.
Occasion: Special occasion, long lunch and other celebration meals.
Food match: Slow cooked meat dish, grilled meat with roast vegetable, meat stew.
Estimated cellaring potential: Drink now or up to 2035.