Oak Cask Syrah
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 5 years from the vintage release to appreciate its vibrant fruit and integrated oak character.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lamb chops, wild mushroom risotto, barbecued beef brisket
✨ Technical Specifications
Trapiche's Oak Cask line represents a harmonious bridge between Mendoza's generous sunshine and classic oak aging. The Oak Cask Syrah is crafted from grapes grown in the foothills of the Andes, where high-altitude vineyards experience intense sunlight and cool night breezes, preserving natural acidity while developing rich, concentrated flavors. This Syrah undergoes a careful fermentation process followed by aging in selected oak barrels for approximately nine months. The result is a wine that exhibits the grape's signature spicy and dark fruit character, enhanced by subtle notes of vanilla and toasted wood from its time in oak. It pays homage to Trapiche's long-standing tradition of pioneering wood-aging techniques in Argentina, which began in the late 19th century.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1883 by Tiburcio Benegas, Bodega Trapiche is one of Argentina's oldest, most revered, and internationally recognized wine producers, based in Maipú, Mendoza. Operating from a historic Florentine-style winery at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, the estate combines over a century of viticultural heritage with pioneering innovation and biodynamic practices. Renowned as a trailblazer of Argentine Malbec, Trapiche works with grower vineyards across premium microclimates to craft terroir-driven Single Vineyard selections, versatile Oak Cask varietals, and elegant white and sparkling wines that celebrate the diverse terroirs of Mendoza.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Syrah
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-14%