Syrah is still rare in Germany, no doubt, but this wine here is also certainly not a one off. Other wineries are exploring Syrah and just the other day I came across another Syrah from the same area of Germany. Some people seem to be a bit sceptic whether Germany should explore these more 'international' red wine grapes though, arguing that it was better to focus on the more typical 'German' varietals such as Lemberger. I think that as long as the wine tastes as good as this one it cannot possibly be wrong to produce such a wine in the Pfalz. And I am sure we will see more of it. The Wine Rambler will try to sleuth them out (no matter if that's a word or not).
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Syrah is still rare in Germany, no doubt, but this wine here is also certainly not a one off. Other wineries are exploring Syrah and just the other day I came across another Syrah from the same area of Germany. Some people seem to be a bit sceptic whether Germany should explore these more 'international' red wine grapes though, arguing that it was better to focus on the more typical 'German' varietals such as Lemberger. I think that as long as the wine tastes as good as this one it cannot possibly be wrong to produce such a wine in the Pfalz. And I am sure we will see more of it. The Wine Rambler will try to sleuth them out (no matter if that's a word or not).