Pyren Vineyard Syrah 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Pyren Vineyard Syrah 2023.

Pyren Vineyard Syrah 2023
$110, 14% alcohol, DIAM cork, Pyrenees.

There’s nothing in-your-face about this wine, and yet it feels confident at every turn, and structural, and blessed with fruit, and unafraid of savouriness. It’s a statement wine made in thoughtful sentences rather than in bombast. It tastes of black pepper and bell pepper, ripe plum, red and black cherries, musk and smoked cedar, with twiggy herb and clove notes threaded through. There are many flavours here that can be detected and noted but the truth is, everything feels melted as one, like a deal sealed on a handshake. Needless to say, the quality of this wine is high. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

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