Syrah

Bright & Juicy

At the very heart of the Rhône Valley, at the northerly tip of the Southern Rhône, lie the vineyards of Grignan-Les-Adhémar.

Le Devoy checks in as a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. It has terrific notes of forest floor, cracked pepper, flowers and darker berry fruits as well as medium-bodied richness, an elegant, supple texture and notable purity of fruit. This wine has considerable charm and appeal and makes for a great everyday bottle.

Pair this wine with just about anything!

Floral & Fruity

A collaboration between Nicholas Pearce and Will Predhomme to create wines from their favourite regions. This Cinsault/Syrah is made from bush vines planted in Koffieklip soils in the Southwestern of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

It has a brilliant medium purple colour in the glass. On the nose, it's all about fresh ripe red & black fruit: cherry, strawberry, wild raspberry; with hints of intense spice, it also has a granite minerality. On the palate it is light-bodied, with a vibrant acid and grippy though delicate tannins. It intermingles with surprisingly powerful fruit & spice; punching above its weight in flavour. It is very balanced with low alcohol.

This light red pairs with all manner of dishes: from barbecue meats to grilled salmon and veggies, to spicy dishes.

Bold & Earthy

Unlike many winemakers, Frederic Brouca is largely self-taught and took no formal courses on viticulture or winemaking.  His concept of growing grapes and winemaking focuses on reducing human intervention in the processes, and making it as natural as possible.

This single-vineyard blend of Grenache, Syrah & Carignan offers a perfect combination of balance and power. Rich dark fruit and savoury roasted meat notes pop from the glass. The flavours are vibrant with a rich symphony of red, blue and black fruits along with a peppery spice note and a long, clean finish. 

Pair with hearty winter stews, grilled lamb chops or enjoy on its own in front of a cozy fire after a long day.

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Garage Wine Co was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo have chosen to revive old vineyards in marginalized Chilean communities. They work mostly in the regions of Maule and Itata where they make highly coveted wines.

A case includes 1 bottle of each wine.

1 Garage Wine Co Semillón Isidore Vineyard F3 2020
White | Sémillon
93 points - Robert Parker

Fermented naturally in amphora, the juice remained on the skins for eleven months. This wine is a tribute to the resilience of the Semillon Variety in the Maule - forgotten and neglected for decades. Light blonde in colour this wine smells of lemon, candle wax and bee pollen. In the mouth, lemon juice, candied lemon peel and a touch of bee pollen mixed with white flowers and honey (but without sweetness). Faint chalky texture and great acidity make this a mouthwatering package.

1 bottle x Garage Wine Co Cariñena Field-Blend Bagual Vineyard Caliboro Lot 96 2018
Red | Cariñena, Grenache, Mataró
95 points - Robert Parker

This is a single-plot wine coming from the Bagual Vineyard, located near the banks of the Perquilauquen river. A river that (very unusual for Chile!) flows from the Coastal Mountains East towards the Andes passing through Caliboro bringing granitic silt with it. The expressive and aromatic nose of the 2016 Bagual Vineyard made Luis Gutierrez from Robert Parker think of a vermouth or a Barolo Chinato, with tons of aromatic herbs, spices and flowers. It has abundant, fine-grained tannins and a powerful mouthfeel, while at the same time, having elegance and balance.

1 bottle x Garage Wine Co Cabernet Franc Las Higueras Vineyard Lot 102 2018
Red | Cabernet Franc
94 points - Robert Parker

Las Higueras vineyard is an old plot planted with 115 year old Cabernet Franc, that Derek and Pilar have been recovering since 2013 with the support of their dry-farming vignerons partners from Sauzal and Puico. The intense nose contains blackberry and maraschino cherries with bell pepper, herbs and a hint of tobacco. A rustic texture combines with firm tannins that get very juicy when woken up by the fresh acidity that moves into a long finish with soft woody notes. A serious wine.

1 bottle x Garage Wine Co Syrah Truquilemu Vineyard Maule Valley Lot 108 2019
Red | Syrah
94 points - Deschorchados

This Syrah is a wine built upon fragrance and energy with dark red cherries and raspberries, violets and pink peppercorn. A well grained tannic power combined with linear stony minerality and a chalky texture on the finish. Heaps of electricity-- a very granitic wine.

1 bottle x Garage Wine Co Cariñena Field-Blend Sauzal Vineyard Lot 95 2018
Red | Grenache, Mataró
96 points - Robert Parker

This wine is a single parcel field blend made from Carignan, Garnacha and Mataro, belonging to Don Nivaldo Morales and his wife Otelia and located in Sauzal, on the Coastal Range, where the soils are way older and more complex than the Andes. As Derek says, it is a tribute to the resilience of the ploughmen farmers of the Maule who have been stewards of the vines since colonial times.

The nose is fresh and has tantalizing aromas of blueberries, violets, orange peel, raspberry leaf and aniseed with a touch of aromatic herbs that provide freshness. The palate is electric, with citric acidity, ultra-fine tannins and very good length. This is both rustic and elegant, wild and subtle. None of these wines show any alcohol or wood. This is a superb, fresh, Mediterranean blend that shows what the Maule is capable of.

1 bottle x Garage Wine Co Renacido Vineyard Maule Valley Lot 104 2019
Red | Cabernet Sauvignon
96 points - Robert Parker

From the banks of the Perquilauquén River in the Caliboro zone in Maule’s dry-farmed secano, this cabernet has the rustic, tannic side of the valley’s reds, but they’re very well tamed by the alluvial soils of the vineyard. This wine pushes the limits in terms of latitude for Cabernet Sauvignon and is a beautiful expression of the varietal and terroir.

Floral & Velvety

Mullineux Family Wines was established in 2007 in the Swartland region of South Africa, owned and managed by Chris and Andrea Mullineux. Within a very short time period the winery established itself as one of South Africa’s most celebrated wine brands, both locally and on the international front.

The grapes for this wine come from seven sustainably farmed vineyard parcels in different parts of the Swartland: four parcels planted in the stony Shale and Schist based soils of the Kasteelberg; two parcels of dry-land, bush vines grown in the decomposed Granite of the Paardeberg; and one on the rolling, iron-rich soils west of Malmesbury. The vines are aged between 22 and 30 years

2018 is one of Mullineux's favourite vintages of Syrah to date. It was the 4th year of the great drought in the Western Cape and the vines had adapted to the extra-dry conditions, resulting in wines with incredibly balanced intensity and complexity.

This Syrah has aromas of violets, black plums and hints of dill and tomato leaf. On the palate there is an abundance of succulent dark fruit with undertones of sour cherry and anise. This multilayered wine is elegant and fresh, with velvety tannins and a seamless, finish.

Best served at 16 to 18 °C, this wine will greatly benefit from decanting if drunk within the first 3 to 5 years after bottling.

*This product is part of a special LCBO Online Offer. Pre-order now to receive your wines in July*

Garage Wine Co was literally started in a garage in 2001, by Etobicoke expat Derek Mossman and his wife Pilar Miranda. Since then, the dynamic duo have chosen to revive old vineyards in marginalized Chilean communities. They work mostly in the regions of Maule and Itata where they make highly coveted wines.

A case includes 2 bottles of each wine.

2 bottles x Garage Wine Co Syrah Truquilemu Vineyard Maule Valley Lot 108 2019
Red | Syrah
94 points - Deschorchados

This Syrah is a wine built upon fragrance and energy with dark red cherries and raspberries, violets and pink peppercorn. A well grained tannic power combined with linear stony minerality and a chalky texture on the finish. Heaps of electricity-- a very granitic wine.

2 bottles x Garage Wine Co Cariñena Field-Blend Truquilemu Vineyard Lot 97 2018
Red | Cariñena, Grenache, Mataró
98 points - Robert Parker

The Truquilemu Vineyard is perhaps the freshest corner of The Maule secano where reds just manage to ripen. The nose is floral, elegant and subtle, a little closed at first, becoming deeper and more nuanced with time in the glass. The palate shows great freshness with a thread of fine acidity going through its backbone. It has character, with notes of earthiness and fresh violets, aromas that only the best Carignan can provide. Just great, with a long life ahead.

2 bottles x Garage Wine Co Cru Truquilemu D.O. Empedrado 2018
Red | Cariñena, Grenache, Mataró
99 points - Robert Parker

Old vines. Still young and austere. The aromatics display a wonderfully crisp, pure delineated red cherry and a blue fruit scented top note with plenty of granitic minerality and graphite in support. The nose is floral, elegant becoming deeper and more nuanced with time in the glass. The palate shows great freshness with a thread of fine acidity going through its backbone. Spice and mineral-accented aromas of red and blue fruit joined by slowly emerging violet and notes of murtilla. Sappy and concentrated yet lithe and sultry, with energetic black raspberry and floral pastille flavours on the mid-palette and a bracing suggestion of blood orange that adds bite to the back half. Long, long life ahead.

Mullineux Family Wines was established in 2007 in the Swartland region of South Africa, owned and managed by Chris and Andrea Mullineux. Within a very short time period the winery established itself as one of South Africa’s most celebrated wine brands, both locally and on the international front.

A case includes 3 bottles of Mullineux Syrah Swartland 2018 and 1 bottle of each of the single terroir Syrahs.

3 bottles x Mullineux Syrah Swartland 2018
Red | Syrah
93 points - Tim Atkin, MW

This Syrah has aromas of violets, black plums and hints of dill and tomato leaf. On the palate there is an abundance of succulent dark fruit with undertones of sour cherry and anise. A multilayered wine, it is elegant and fresh, with velvety tannins and a seamless, finish.

1 bottle x Mullineux Granite Syrah Swartland South Africa 2019
Red | Syrah
97 points - Tim Atkin, MW

The Granite Syrah is from a single parcel of sustainably farmed dry land bush vines, planted in the late 80’s in the deep decomposed Granitic soil of the Paardeberg. This is the parcel of Syrah that gives the best expression of the Paardeberg’s terroir – freshness and perfume.

This floral perfumed Syrah is the most elegant of the single-terroir Syrahs. The palate is medium to full bodied and delicately spicy, with a silky texture balanced by a fresh, natural acidity. There are notes of black pepper, violets and lilies, red berries and herbs.

1 bottle x Mullineux Iron Syrah Swartland South Africa 2019
Red | Syrah
96 points - Tim Atkin, MW

The Iron Syrah vineyard, on the rolling hills outside of Malmesbury, has always been very important in creating a Syrah with incredible mid-palate, deep fragrance and round tannins, due to the ancient, rich, gravelly Koffieklip soils they are grown on.

Brimming with flavours of wild blueberry and dark plum that lead, into hints of tomato leaf, aromatic allspice and a floral complexity. The full-bodied meatiness of this wine, has a freshness and long finish that intertwines with its fine grain tannins.

1 bottle x Mullineux Schist Syrah Swartland South Africa 2019
Red | Syrah
95 points - Tim Atkin, MW

This is the most structured Syrah in the Single Terroir range. On the nose there are notes of black pepper, black fruit and spices. The palate is full-bodied with a meaty, savoury character, plenty silky tannins giving structure and a balancing natural acidity. The finish is fresh, long and supple.