Garage Wine Co. Truquilemu Vineyard Lot 108 Syrah 2019
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The 2019 Syrah Truquilemu Vineyard - Lot 108 from Empedrado, Maule, was aged for 2 years in used barrels. Intense purple in hue. The nose presents notes of black pepper, bacon, blackberry jam and raspberry, plus hints of rum cake, chocolate and black olives. Smooth in feel, it has a compact core with very fine-grained, slightly reactive tannins enlivened by the precise freshness, all compressed into the dry-farmed palate. Will grow in the bottle.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2019 Truquilemu Vineyard Syrah feels a little riper than the 2018—I guess the Syrah is more sensitive to heat than the Cariñena. This is lot #108, produced with grapes from young vines that fermented with some 20% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured like all the single-vineyard wines from Garage, over two winters in well-seasoned, neutral French oak barrels. It has darker fruit, 14.2% alcohol and still a vibrant palate with smacking acidity and grainy tannins.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
Maule is the Central Valley’s most southern and coolest zone, reaching a southern latitude of 35°S, yet it is still warmer and drier than Bío-Bío to its south. The Maule Valley enjoys success with a unique set of grapes.
It lays claim to the local variety, Pais (synonymous with Tinta Pais, which is actually Tempranillo), which has dominated much of the region’s area under vine until the recent past. Now many growers, not confined by the tradition and regulations of the Old World, also successfully grow Cabernet Sauvignon.
While Maule’s total area under vine remains relatively static, its old Carignan vineyards are undergoing a great revival. The VIGNO (Vignadores del Carignan Vintners) group, an association in charge of promoting this long-forgotten variety, is getting fantastic results from the old vines in its dry-farmed coastal zones.
The Maule includes the subregions of Talca, San Clemente, San Javier, Parral, Linares and Cauquenes.