Here’s a short film of me tasting two contrasting wines. Both are from the same grape variety, but one is a Syrah (Jean-Luc Columbo Crozes-Hermitage Les Gravieres 2008), the other a Shiraz (St Hallett Dawkins Vineyard Eden Valley Shiraz 2009 Barossa, Australia). Both are very good but in quite distinctively different styles.
3 Comments on Video: Syrah and Shiraz – northern Rhone and Barossa
nice tasting but the dogs upstaged you again. My two were snoozing on the floor when yours barked. Took a couple minutes for them to settle down again.
No comparison Barossa wins always.
It struck me when you said the Crozes-Hermitage reminded you of Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels. I had a tasting of Esk Valley last week, and I had exactly the same experience. Especially on the nose the Gimblett Gravels Syrah made me think of a Saint-Joseph; the mouthfeel was different though, much less tannic.