In the glass
Aroma: black olive, violet, white pepper, smoked meat
Palate: blackberry, iron, graphite, sweet pepper
Northern-Rhone-styled Syrah from the Olena estate, peppery and savoury with a graphite Tuscan spine.
What it pairs with
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Grilled lamb chops with rosemary
Syrah's herbal lift mirrors the rosemary marinade. -
Wild boar pappardelle
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Game-leather signature meets Syrah's smoke and pepper. -
Charcuterie board with finocchiona
Fennel salame finds the wine's wild-herb register.
History
Paolo De Marchi's pioneering Tuscan Syrah, planted from Rhone cuttings and bottled separately under the Collezione De Marchi label since 1991. Continues under EPI Group ownership.
- 1991 — First vintage of the De Marchi Syrah
Facts
- Producer
- Isole e Olena
- Grapes
- Syrah (100%)
- Classification
- Toscana IGT
- Oak
- 16 months in French oak barriques, partly new
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 60 to 95 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5 to 15 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1991
Scores
- Wine Advocate 94 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)
- Vinous 93 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)