Syrah

Color	Red
Vigor	High
Budbreak	Late
Harvest	Midseason

Origin/History
Syrah is best known from the Northern Rhone appellations of Hermitage and Cote-Rotie, where it produces wines of phenomenal elegance and longevity. It is tremendously flexible, and can be made in styles from elegant to restrained to wines bursting with fruit, in locations as diverse as France, California, South Africa and Australia (where it is known as Shiraz).

Wine
Provides firm tannin and aromatics, as well as blackberry and currant fruit. It tastes of smoke, tar, and black pepper. Intense dark blood red color.

Clone Info Currently Available

Clone Info Currently Available

TCVS A
PLANT: Early to mid budbreak with early ripening. Vigorous producer with low disease pressure. Best to reduce vigor with tight spacing, keeping low yields. Averages three tons per acre. Ample budwood available. Moderate size bunches of smallish berries. Graft to 140R in calcareous soils to avoid chlorosis.

WINE: Very dark purple-red. Incredible structure with strong tannins. Jammy, fruity, spicy wines with hints of leather, typical of Syrah. Average brix at harvest 25 with a ph of 3.5 Cellar treatment: Destemmed only, open top fermentation in 1200 gallon foude. Native yeasts and malo.

TCVS C
PLANT: Less vigorous than TCVS A, Intense, dark, Well structured, rich and peppery wines, very typical of Syrah. Small bunches with small berries, a little softer than A. Average brix at harvest 25 with a ph of 3.5. Cellar treatment: Similar to clone A, but 180 Gallon barrels used.