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  • 15-09-2011 10:24am
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    phantom60
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Hoping someone can help me here.....
    I got a bottle of red wine (French) in a supermarket a few months back and really liked it.
    I'm pretty sure it was a Syrah - Grenache.
    I went in again yesterday to get a bottle & the label says Grenache - Syrah.
    Can anyone tell me would there be any difference in the two ?
    Is it more of one grape and less of another ?
    Or am I wrong, and both labels were the same ?

    Thanks.
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    BaZmO*
    Registered Users Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    phantom60 wrote: »
    Hi,

    Hoping someone can help me here.....
    I got a bottle of red wine (French) in a supermarket a few months back and really liked it.
    I'm pretty sure it was a Syrah - Grenache.
    I went in again yesterday to get a bottle & the label says Grenache - Syrah.
    Can anyone tell me would there be any difference in the two ?
    Is it more of one grape and less of another ?
    Or am I wrong, and both labels were the same ?

    Thanks.
    Grenache and Syrah (Shiraz in New World wines) are just the names of the type of grapes that they use in the wine.

    If it was the same brand/maker of wine it's a good chance that it'll be similar if not the same as the one you've had previously. But if it's a different producer it'll be similar in style but may differ greatly due to the blend of both grapes used.


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    phantom60
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭phantom60


    Thanks Bazmo,

    Yeah its the same brand.
    I can't remember if they were the same year or one was 2009 and the other 2010.
    Would that make any difference ?


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    BaZmO*
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    phantom60 wrote: »
    Thanks Bazmo,

    Yeah its the same brand.
    I can't remember if they were the same year or one was 2009 and the other 2010.
    Would that make any difference ?
    The year wouldn't matter on your standard run of the mill supermarket wine. It only comes into play with the more expensive wines, when the harvest produces a better quality grape, so that year would be declared a better vintage for that particular area.


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    phantom60
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭phantom60


    Thanks again Bazmo,
    It's €15 per bottle so I guess that wouldn't be classed as an expensive bottle....although it's the most expensive I've ever bought!! :)


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    shy-tall-knight
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    Whichever grape is listed first then the wine has a greater percentage of that grape. So if a wine is Syrah-Grenache it could be 70% to 30% which would be a fairly common blend for a Languedoc red.


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    Slaphead07
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    phantom60 wrote: »
    It's €15 per bottle so I guess that wouldn't be classed as an expensive bottle....
    It's expensive enough for the vintage to be relevant.


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