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Polkura Syrah 2020
Valle de Colchagua
With high scores every vintage, this 94pt Polkura is the epitome of Chilean Syrah. It’s from a stellar cellar founded by two winemaking friends in 1998. Aged for over a year in new oak, it’s silky, long and spicy with lavish fruit richness and depth.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Silky blackberry, fig, a touch of spice, cocoa and meaty notes
Aroma
Violets, cassis and blackberry, cocoa and spice, wild herb hint
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
From the outset, Sven Bruchfeld (formerly of Viña Santa Carolina) and Gonzalo Muñoz vowed to craft the finest Chilean Syrah possible. They do so on a tiny scale, so it’s still only known to insiders. That said, with 90+ points every vintage from the likes of Wine Spectator, they won’t be able to hide their Syrah for long. Polkura is a little hill at the western end of Colchagua Valley. The name means ‘yellow stone’, a reference to the yellow granite that mingles with the clay soils there. And it’s on these cooler, south-facing slopes that their Syrah grows. The microclimate lends a lovely pepper complexity to appealing blackberry, fig and liquorice notes. More northern Rhône than New World. One to decant and enjoy with roast lamb.
Critic, 94 points
