Red grape variety
Syrah
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Syrah is a red grape variety from France. In the National Wine Agency's 2025 vineyard cadastre it covers 35 ha on 36 plots, 34 ha of them in Kakheti.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 7
- Wineries
- 4
- Vineyards, ha · cadastre 2025
- 35
About the variety
Syrah is a red variety from the northern Rhône; VIVC records its parents as Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche. In Georgia it is grown on a small scale, for varietal reds and blends.
What it looks like
Bunch, berries and leaf
Wines
Wines from Syrah
Dark Uta
Tchotiashvili
Kakheti
Made using the traditional qvevri method, aged in a qvevri; alcohol 14%. Syrah and Tavkveri from Kakheti: a dry red Georgian wine. Sources note dark berries, black pepper and chocolate on the nose. Produced by Tchotiashvili.
Shiraz
Tchotiashvili
Kakheti
Made using the traditional qvevri method, aged in a qvevri; alcohol 13.5%. A dry red Georgian wine made from Syrah, region of Kakheti. Sources note dark berries, black pepper and blackberry on the nose and balanced acidity and full-bodied on the palate. Produced by Tchotiashvili.
Collection Secrete Red
Château Mukhrani
Kartli
Region of Kartli: a dry red wine from Saperavi, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. The classic method, 13% alcohol. Gold at Decanter World Wine Awards 2026. Made at Château Mukhrani.
Cuvee
Dakishvili Family Vineyards
Saperavi, Syrah and Cabernet Franc: a dry red Georgian wine. Produced by Dakishvili Family Vineyards.
Cuvée SCS Reserve
Dakishvili Family Vineyards
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a dry red wine from Saperavi, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. Made using the European method; alcohol 11.5%. Made at Dakishvili Family Vineyards.
Jos Qvevri Cuvée Red
Erti Estate
Kakheti
A dry red Georgian wine made from Saperavi and Syrah, region of Kakheti. Made using the traditional qvevri method, aged in a qvevri; alcohol 13.5%. Made at Erti Estate.
Kvarteti Qvevri Red
Erti Estate
Kakheti
The qvevri method, ageing in qvevri, 14% alcohol. A dry red Georgian wine made from Saperavi and Syrah, region of Kakheti. Produced by Erti Estate.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Photos
Openly licensed photographs and photos from winery websites; the source of each frame:
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Chrisada Sookdhis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Missvain / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Schubert Estate / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bunch · photo: Bauer Karl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 AT
- Leaf · photo: Véronique PAGNIER / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Vineyard area
Vineyard cadastre 2025, National Wine Agency: plots registered under this variety; plots without an identified variety are not counted.
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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