Description
A captivating Syrah with perfumed notes of violets, rose petals, and black currant jam, complemented by hints of cured meats, kalamata olives, and smoky undertones. While the nose evokes the Southern Rhône, the palate surprises with a cool-climate freshness, stony minerality, and vibrant acidity. Soft black fruits, refined tannins, and a velvety mouthfeel make this a sophisticated, savory expression of the Syrah grape.
Reviews
Greg Sherwood 90
The Prinos Syrah 2020 is a thoroughly enticing expression that shows expressive perfumed aromatics of earthy violets, pressed rose petals, burnt wood embers, cured meats, black currant jam, sweet black peppercorns, kalamata olives and freshly smoked cigars. While the nose of this wine is very much a Southern Rhone lookalike, the palate is incredibly cool climate and lithe in appearance with a restrained stony minerality and a delightfully fresh vein of translucent acidity that that invigorates the wine in the mouth. This is a fabulous, high-class expression of Syrah that draws on all the very finest features of this seductive, savoury grape variety to deliver a wine packed with soft fleshy black fruits, mineral tannins and a long, juicy, velvety mouthfeel. [Greg Sherwood, 01/01/2023]