Solevari Reserve, Syrah, DOC, Viile Timisului, Romania, 2020

Producer Profile
Back in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650ha of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, formerly state-owned winery. Today, Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania.
Recas are now recognized globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wines made from organic grapes. Despite the increase in scale, the emphasis remains on making quality wines that over-deliver – a magic formula that has recently seen sales boom. The vineyards are a combination of old vines and more recent plantings, and the winery has seen significant investment in state of the art facilities. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery whose open-minded approach and quality sets them apart… a winery you can’t ignore.
Viticulture
Produced from grapes which are parrt of the yield control strategy adopted in the vineyard. Syrah vines have a tendancy to overcrop which can lead to thin wines if not controlled. To manage this, they remove a proportion of the grapes soon after flowering, before the vine has started to swell them into grapes. The emphasis then goes into fully ripening the remaining grapes to ensure a generous flavour and a deep colour.
Winemaking
A simple stainless steel fermentation to preserve the flavour and keep the wine open and fresh.
Tasting Note
Purple red with violet reflections. Intense aromas of sour cherries, blueberries, black currants as well as floral aromas (violets). High in acidity, medium in body, the young and ripened tannins create a velvety wine with integrated alcohol and an intense ending.
Food Matching
This is a big bold wine, suited to a T bone steak, veal carpaccio and red tuna.
Syrah 100%
Oak Ageing:
No oak ageing
Features:
Vegetarian
Vegan
13.5%
Closure
Screw cap
Colour
Red
Still wine
Case Size
6 x 75cl