This Syrah from San Juanito in Mexico is pretty good. Bold and dry with reasonable length and rounded flavours of black fruit, oak and spice. Its a wine to try with friends and ideally with food, but its good enough to drink on its own in front of the fire.
I’ve tried a few mexican wines and they have generally been good bt I can’t figure out if I like this Abolengo de Don Juan, Syrah or not. Its a bit like the chinese wines I’ve tried, a little one dimensional but not necessarily in a bad way, just different to what you may get in a french Syrah.
This is fruit driven, loads of blackcurrant with a little blueberry and herbaceous notes. Its like an adults Ribena with a little twist. Its dry and in your face but with a lump of red meat its OK.
Just because it comes from an area that you may not associate with wine making is not reason to write a wine off, this is a good example. Not great but not bad either. At £45 a bottle its way over priced though.
Abolengo de Don Juan, Syrah, 2016, Mexico
What is wrong with wine from Mexico? nothing or that should be the case as there are areas in the country that suited to making wine. This Syrah is red wine! its dry and fruity, lots of plum, cherry and thats for the first 3 seconds before – nothing. Its like half a polo mint, decent hit of flavour, then you get to the hole where it disappears and then still nothing. Its not like there’s another chance.
its not bad its just not around long enough, I’ve never had a wine like this before, so for me its interesting.
Guaname, Syrah, 2018, Guanajuato, Mexico