Sauska Syrah
Villány 2019
Mysterious, deep dark purple. The secrets increase in the nose: sea, smoke and leather, thyme, lavender, fig, and cherry. The mouth feel is Baroquely rich, bonbon cherry, blueberry, chocolate, with freshly ground black pepper. Long, layered, and revelative in the mouth. It is worth opening the bottle in time: Syrah tends to open slowly just to blow your mind.
| Recommended drinking temperature: | 17-18 ℃ |
| Alcohol content: | 14 % |
| Bottle size: | 0,75 l |
Winemaking
Hand-sorted and pre-cooled berries gently crushed and briefly soaked. Controlled malolactic fermentation in small French barrels followed by 20 days of total maceration. Aged for 10 months in new and used in 80% used, 20% new French barrels.
The Year
2019 was the driest winter of the last decade in Villány. Thanks to the winter, bud-break came earlier this year. The period from bud-break to flowering started with a warm April, followed by rainy May, which was the coldest in the last 8 years. Then a very hot June came followed by rainy, cold July and a nice August. We started the harvest with speed-picking for Rose in the last week of August, with the focus to preserve fresh fruitiness. The rest of the season was a bit hectic with warm weather and even frost. In spite of the ups and downs, the berries arrived in the processing room with perfect phenolic ripening, high potential alcohols, low malic acid content, and high color intensity.
Details
| Type | Red wine |
| Acidity | 5,1 g/l |
| Alcohol content | 14 % |
| pH | 3,58 |
| Bottle size | 0,75 l |
| Beginning of harvest | 2019-10-25 |
| Bottling date | 2021-08-05 |
| Vinification | New and used French oak. |
| Ageing time | 10 Month |
| Vineyards | Zuhánya, Konkoly, Ördög-árok |
Tasting
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color | Deep dark purple. |
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smell | Thyme, lavender, fig, and cherry. |
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taste | Bonbon cherry, blueberry, chocolate, with freshly ground black pepper. |