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Top-rated Syrah

Every wine

The highest-rated Syrah bottlings we have reviewed, one per producer.

5.0 Rhone Valley Cornas Auguste Clape 5.0 Rhone Valley Cornas Reynard Thierry Allemand 5.0 Rhone Valley Cote-Rotie La Landonne E. Guigal 4.9 Languedoc La Peira La Peira en Damaisela 4.9 Languedoc Mas de Daumas Gassac Rouge Mas de Daumas Gassac 4.8 Languedoc Carlan Mas Jullien 4.8 Priorat Clos Erasmus Clos i Terrasses (Clos Erasmus) 4.8 Priorat Clos Mogador Clos Mogador

Region by region

Where Syrah is made

21 regions, with their best Syrah bottles and the estates that make them.

Wine and cheese

Cheese with Syrah

Every cheese
Saint-Marcellin Our pick Côte-Rôtie is Syrah, sometimes with a little Viognier, with high acidity and fine but real tannin. The acidity cuts the cream of a Saint-Marcellin, and a riper, older cheese with its mushroom and forest-floor notes has the depth to meet the wine's tannin. Côte-Rôtie, Rhone Valley: Cote-Rotie La Mouline · Cote-Rotie La Landonne · Cote-Rotie La Turque
Queijo Serpa Velho Our pick Past 180 days Serpa Velho is hard, dry and intense, with a long finish. A full-bodied red led by Touriga Nacional or Syrah, firm in tannin and aged in French oak, has the weight to stand beside it, and the aged fat softens the grip. Full-bodied Touriga Nacional or Syrah red, Alentejo: Incógnito · Cortes de Cima Tinto · Herdade das Servas Reserva Tinto
Pecorino delle Balze Volterrane Our pick The stagionato and da asserbo are firm with a peppery finish. Bolgheri reds, built mainly on Bordeaux grapes, bring tannin and high acidity, enough structure for a wheel of 6 months or more. Bolgheri (Cabernet and Merlot blends), Tuscany: Michele Satta Piastraia · Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso
Poivre d'âne Our pick Poivre d'âne is sweet and fragrant, with a fine, tight paste and a coat of dried herbs. A pale, light-bodied rosé with citrus and red fruit refreshes without covering the winter savory. Androuet lists rosé de Provence for it. Pale, light-bodied Provence rosé (Côtes de Provence or IGP Méditerranée), Provence: Domaines Ott By.Ott Cotes de Provence Rose · Chateau d'Esclans Whispering Angel · Chateau Leoube Rose de Leoube
Pélardon Our pick accords-mets-vins.fr advises light, low-tannin reds for Pélardon, such as a young Saint-Chinian or a lightly extracted Faugères, and warns that a powerful or oaky red crushes it. A medium-bodied red raised mostly in concrete or old wood, with supple tannin, keeps the goat's milk in view. Supple Languedoc red, unoaked or in old wood, Languedoc: Côte d'Arbo · L'Orphée · Aksou
Pecorino Siciliano Our pick Aged Pecorino Siciliano is salty, with heat that builds over 4 to 8 months. Full-bodied Sicilian reds, from native blends to Syrah, Cabernet and Petit Verdot, bring the concentration and tannin to stand up to it. Full-bodied Sicilian reds beyond the classic appellations (blends and international varieties), Sicily: Donnafugata Mille e Una Notte · Baglio di Pianetto Viafrancia · Cusumano Benuara

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