Tenet The Pundit Syrah - Chateau Ste. Michelle

The Tenet The Pundit Syrah from Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington offers a dense, purple color in the wine glass. When swirling the glass, this red wine reveals a high viscosity, which is evident in clear church windows at the edge of the glass. To the nose, this Chateau Ste. Michelle red wine presents all manner of blackberries, blueberries, mulberries and black currants. As if that wasn't already impressive, the aging in small wooden barrels adds other aromas such as brown bread, air-dried ham and smoked meat.

On the palate, the Tenet The Pundit Syrah from Chateau Ste. Michelle opens pleasantly dry, grippy and aromatic. This dense red wine presents itself pressure-full and complex at the palate. Due to the moderate fruit acidity, the Tenet The Pundit Syrah flatters with velvety palate feeling, without lacking juicy liveliness. On the finish, this youthful from the Washington wine region finally thrills with considerable length. There are again hints of blackberry and blueberry.

Vinification of the Chateau Ste. Michelle Tenet The Pundit Syrah

This red wine clearly focuses on one grape variety, and that is Syrah. For this wonderfully powerful single-varietal wine from Chateau Ste. Michelle, only first-class grape material was brought in. After harvesting, the grapes are quickly taken to the press house. Here they are sorted and carefully broken up. Fermentation follows in small wood at controlled temperatures. Vinification is followed by aging for several months in oak barriques.

Food pairing for the Tenet The Pundit Syrah from Chateau Ste. Michelle

This US red wine is best enjoyed tempered at 15 - 18°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to leek soup, roasted calf's liver with apples, onions and balsamic vinegar sauce or spinach gratin with almonds.

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