2002 Graham Beck Syrah The Ridge

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  6/3/2018 - Mossrose wrote: 93 Points

  This 16 year old Syrah remains dark in color, brightly fruity, smoothly textured, well integrated, seamless, and highly enjoyable, with no signs of decline. A good candidate for wine of the night at a blind tasting of 14 wines contributed by 10 serious wine lovers.

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  9/10/2015 - Mossrose wrote: 92 Points

  This wine comes from the Robertson region of South Africa, which resembles the Blue Grass area of Kentucky in that a grassy limestone area became a center for horse farming. Compared to the most famous wine regions in South Africa, good land was relatively affordable, making Robertson a go-to region for affordable but high quality wines. Also, Graham Beck is one the prime brands for sparkling wines in South Africa. To call a wine "syrah" rather than "shiraz" makes the statement that the wines emphasizes brightness rather than heaviness or overipeness, and this Syrah has delightfully bright acidity and fruit, which however finishes dry. Great shape for a 13 year old wine. with peak years still left. Has none of the rubber hose and ashy flavors dogging many South African wines.

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  7/18/2014 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 91 Points

  adrk berries with a little bit chocolate and black pepper, spicy and creamy, soft tannins with 5-7 more years ahead, fullbodied, a little bit acidity is missing otherwise very harmonic

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  6/29/2013 - ABM Likes this wine: 91 Points

  My first bottle of Graham Beck's SA shiraz and won't be my last. I was pleasantly surprised that it was aging well after 10+ years. Excellent color, red and purple fruit and long finish. I was impressed.

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  6/4/2011 - fullpint wrote: 92 Points

  Steal for the price...picked it up on sale in a retail shop for 15.99 down from 24.99. Funny, the retailer could not sell it, and I know Beck...this is a gem for syrah. Drinking it as we speak on a Saturday evening, and this has not even begun to change color yet. This wine is still dark to the core, and has not even started browning at the rim yet...the flavours are fantastic, red raspberry, chocolate, and a little candied on the nose. This is what Syrah is supposed to taste like, better than any Syrah from the New World I have tasted in this price range. On the palate, forest floor and toasty oak, more chocolate and raspberry, very old world. Love it!!!

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