Tensley Syrah - 2021

Name: Tensley Syrah
Brand: Tensley
SKU: 16604
Price: 28.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 16604 750mL

Joey Tensley is known for creating powerful and intense Rhône-style wines in Santa Barbara. The Tensley Syrah is a wine that can age for 10 years to come. Black fruit, tobacco leaf, and smokiness overlay serious minerality.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

USA

Region

California

Sub-Region

Santa Barbara

Producer

Tensley

Grape Variety

Syrah

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Staff Pick Notes

This wonderful wine comes from an amazing grape growing region: beside the beautiful landscape, the climate here is perfect for growing high quality grapes. Fog and the breeze coming from the Pacific Ocean allow the grapes to benefit from warm days and cool nights. The grapes benefit from this slow growing season. The wine is balanced with the spicy, peppery notes typical of Syrah, but with a balanced acidity, concentration and a wonderful long finish that makes this wine an affordable elegant option for your dinner. Easy to pair, it's a versatile wine I would pair with red meat or cheese. It won't disappoint you.

- AFR

Glossary

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...