LiQuery - Domaine Les Yeuses Les �pices Syrah 2013

Item:	177584
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2013 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2016-06-25
Producer:	Famille Dard�
Location:	France - Midi
Price:	$15.95 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Medium-bodied & Fruity
Alcohol:	13.5%
Varietal:	Shiraz/Syrah
Sugar Code:	XD (4.0 g/L)
Rating:	93

Description
Silver Medal winner at the 2015 Syrah du Monde Competition.

Tasting Notes
... This wine got me thinking - I wondered how it could be any tastier or more varietally accurate and, given its price, why would we spend any more cash on a French Syrah. The most obvious chink in this wine's armour is its potential longevity - I know it will roll along for a few years, but it will not stand a chance of making the long run. Age-ability is the Holy Grail for great reds wines and the complexities of aroma and flavour that are associated with an older red wine cannot be copied in a young wine. Aside from this, Les Epices is made from old vines and it also sees a decent slug of oak. I realise that it is not from a highly fashionable part of the wine world - M�ze, on the edge of the Etang de Thau not far from Montpellier, is not Hermitage, but leaving geography aside this is a spectacularly aromatic, earthy, flavour-packed Syrah with a great finish. It is far superior to loads of Northern Rh�ne Syrahs at two or three times the price so load up! (Matthew Jukes, matthe

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