Mayer, Syrah Size:12x750ml

Mayer, Syrah Size:12x750mlYou either like the 100% whole bunch style, or you don't. It's polarizing. Here, in this 2021 Syrah from Mayer, it contributes a green olive, star anise, arnica, amaro mountain herbs and black tea edge to the aromatics, while the palate takes on a decidedly green, leafy, complex and structural form. There are notes of black cherries, lavender, mulch, thyme, sage, sandalwood and brine. There are top quality producers internationally that are known and

Note that this is very firmly structured and in need of at least a decade of keeping and should reward almost two

all wrapped in a very firm and explosively long finish

as it needs at least several years in bottle to be at its very best

quince and white currants

This is not going to wow you with its concentration

Edge of tarmacadam on the end

The Chaves believe it is a repeat of what Gerards father made in 1929

This is also quite restrained with its more deeply pitched dark berry fruit-suffused nose that displays notes of freshly turned earth

The oak is nicely integrated here

ginger root and acacia blossom

complemented by stimulating minerality and juicy acids

There is excellent volume and mid-palate density to the medium weight and overtly mineral-suffused flavors that possess a very generous and sappy mouth feel before concluding in a lingering and balanced finish