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Syrah

Syrah

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A dark-skinned grape used to make red wine
  • noun
  • /sɪˈrɑː/
: Syrah
  • I love pairing a juicy steak with a glass of Syrah for the perfect dinner.
  • Syrah, merlot, and cabernet

This rich oak aged blend of Grenache Syrah a Moore bed has notes of wild Mediterranean herbs, ripe fruit and a powerful hint of licorice.

Examples

  • This wine is made from high-quality Syrah grapes and has a rich, bold flavor.

  • And there is a bewildering number of wine terms for all the various kinds of wine (merlot, chardonnay, zinfandel, syrah, etc., mostly names of grape cultivars).

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  • To 86 percent cabernet sauvignon, 9 percent syrah, and 5 percent merlot are blended.

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  • This rich oak aged blend of Grenache Syrah a Moore bed has notes of wild Mediterranean herbs, ripe fruit and a powerful hint of licorice.

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  • On the Thursday that Patterson picked up the syrah grapes from Oak Barrel, Tricia Goldberg of Berkeley was waiting by the garage to help destem.

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  • "I was able to grow my brand organically on a shoestring budget," says Aaron Jackson, 29, whose label, Aaron Wines, focuses on petite syrahs.

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  • The Syrah from this vineyard won an award for its deep color and complex taste.

Synonyms

red wine
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Wine made from dark grapes with the skins left on during making

is one specific dark-skinned grape variety used to produce that drink

Surface Forms

Syrah singular
Syrahs plural

Etymology

Syrah names a dark grape and the red wine made from it. A common story says the name comes from the Persian city Shiraz, long known for wine, so thinking of rich red wine from Shiraz helps you remember Syrah means the bold, dark grape and the wine it makes.