The northern part of France's Rhône Valley is the classic home for great wines from the Syrah grape, but these days, Australia can be considered the grape's second home. Syrah also grows in California, Washington, Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Israel, Greece - you name it. Syrah right now is definitely the trendy grape being grown. New plantings of Syrah are starting to pop up everywhere where weather permits because there is an increasing demand for its rustic, but vibrant flavors.Syrah produces deeply colored wines with full body, firm tannin, and aromas/flavors that can suggest berries, smoked meat, black pepper, tar, or even burnt rubber. In Australia, Syrah (called Shiraz) comes in several styles; some Shirazes are charming, vibrantly fruity wines that are quite the opposite of the northern Rhône's powerful Syrah wines, such as Hermitage and Côte-Rôtie, while others are even more powerful than those classic French wines.
Syrah does not require to be blended with any other grape to complement its flavors, although in Australia, it is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, and in the southern Rhône Valley it is often part of a blended wine with Grenache and other regional varieties.
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