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Syrah

Some call it Syrah, some call it Shiraz. Regardless, this is one interesting grape.

The Wines

Price key:  $=less than $20  $$= $20-40   $$$=$40-60  $$$$=above $60

Quality key:  * = decent wine   ** = very good wine   *** = superb wine   ****= elite 

VALUE = exceptional quality for the money

 

Zonte's Footstep Shiraz "Lake Doctor" Langhorne Creek, Aus. '14 **1/2  $ VALUE

How could a budget shiraz taste this good?  Dynamic and enjoyable. 

Maison les Alexandrins, Northern Rhone '17 **  $ VALUE

A dollop of white viognier lightens this easy drinking spicy syrah.

Cline Family Cellars Syrah, Sonoma Coast '18 *1/2 $ GOOD VALUE

Young, but already showing good fruit, pesky tannins, good acidity.

All of these wines can be purchased at Kenilworth Wine and Spirits.

 

 

As General Partner of Clipper City Brewing Company, L.P., Hugh J. Sisson is among Baltimore's premier authorities on craft brewing and a former manager of the state's first pub brewery, Sissons, located in Federal Hill. A fifth generation Baltimorean, Hugh has been involved in all aspects of craft brewing.