Syrah du Monde

Shiraz World Tasting

Syrah du Monde Awards Medals to World’s Best Syrah/Shiraz Wines

The 17th edition of the Syrah du Monde international wine competition, organised by Forum Oenologie, has just come to an end. Over the course of two days, international experts tasted 241 Syrah/Shiraz wines from all over the world. Diversity and quality are the watchwords for the 2023 winners, which comes as no surprise for a grape variety currently enjoying rapid growth. Strict quality standards and optimal tasting conditions enabled the international judges to award 80 medals (34 gold, 46 silver) that are recognised as a reliable criterion for selection.

From the 11 to 12 of May 2023, in Ampuis Castle in Ampuis, France, an international wine competition - Syrah du Monde - recognized the world’s best Syrah/Shiraz wines, awarding reliable and representative medals. This competition is founded on a single conviction that distinctive marks of quality are the key to differentiation and to the promotion of medal-winning wines in a highly competitive and often complex marketplace. Medal-winning wineries can use their medals to develop the recognized quality of their wines.

Syrah du Monde 2023 brought together 241 wines from 20 countries, making this competition one of the world’s top events for Syrah/Shiraz wines. This marvelous success illustrates the impressive growth that this Rhone varietal has enjoyed since the 1970s.

Syrah du Monde has carved out a place of its own amongst wine competitions, thanks to its international flavour and its rigorous methods. During the three days of tasting under optimal conditions, the international expert judges awarded 80 medals in accordance with international wine competition regulations.

Syrah du Monde has progressively distinguished itself from other international competitions thanks to quality standards that are much stricter than the norm and by remaining faithful to its founding principles: diversity, quality and high standards.

At the top of the best Syrah du Monde

Among all the medal-winning wines, we are pleased to introduce you to the Syrah wines that have obtained the best scores from the tasting.

The Top 10 ranking has a strong international diversity.

Medals distribution
Gold Medals 34
Silver Medals 46


Top Ten Best Syrah du Monde 2023*
Country Product Winery

Australia
Peter Lehmann - The Barossan - Shiraz 2020 Casella Family Brands

Australia
William Light Shiraz - Clare Valley 2021 Pinnacle Drinks

Australia
Kellermeister - the Meister Shiraz 2021 Kellermeister

Italia
Delia Nivolelli Doc - Syrah Riserva 2016 Caruso & Minini

Italia
Sicilia Doc - Alessandro di Camporeale - Kaid - Syrah - Vendemia Tardiva 2022 Alessandro Di Camporeale

Australia
Kaesler - Old Vine Shiraz 2020 Kaesler Wines

France
Pays d'Oc IGP - Tribu Montahut - Syrah 2022 Calmel & Joseph

South Africa
Cape Winemakers Guild - Teen Die Hoog Shiraz 2020 Cederberg Private Cellar

Spain
Vino de la Tierra de Mallorca IGP - Son Prim - Son Prim Sira 2020 Jaime Llabres Cladera Sl

Morocco
Zenata AOG - S. de Siroua - Syrah Thalvin

Turkey
Suvla - Grand Reserve Syrah 2020 Suvla Wines

South Africa
Hartenberg - The Stork Shiraz 2019 Hartenberg Farm (Pty) Ltd

South Africa
Kleine Zalze - Family Reserve Shiraz 2019 Kleine Zalze Wines

USA
Sixth Sense - Syrah 2021 Michael David Winery
* Some wines are rigorously equal thus the Top 10, 2023 includes 14 wines.

Highlights 2023

Geographical diversity: With representation from 20 countries and 241 wines, Syrah du Monde offers a variety of Syrah/Shiraz wines rarely equalled in competitions of this level. This makes it one of the most significant and legitimate qualitative competitions in recognizing the world’s best Syrah/Shiraz wines.

A strong participation of wines from Australia, Canada, Italy, Portugal, South-Africa, Spain, Switzerland.

From France, the good partipation of Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence and the northern and southern Rhone Valley is noted with a lower participation of rosés wines.

Medal-Winning Countries

Seven countries are included in the 2023 Top 10: Australia, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, South Africa, Turkey and USA.

Diversity of Sensorial Expression

Each of the wines that distinguished themselves at Syrah du Monde did so because of their own distinctive quality, not in comparison to other wines. A favorable score was given to wines with good Syrah varietal character and a well-balanced oak was considered to be a plus. However, oakiness was marked down if it masked varietal aromas and flavours.

Several gold and silver medals were awarded to wines with well-balanced alcohol levels and with aroma intensity and depth including a wide range from exotic to traditional. In the mouth, harmonious tannins and fine expressions of aging were favorably evaluated.

Several marks of quality were awarded to younger wines and to rosé wines whose aromatic complexity and soft tannins won over the judges.

This event was a unique opportunity to bring together and discover Syrah/Shiraz wine in all its forms: red, rosé, still, sparkling, dry or sweet.

Syrah du Monde 2024

The 18th annual Syrah du Monde® confrontation will be held on May 2024.

Syrah du Monde 2023
results

The results are available

2023 Results

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES


Argentina

Australia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

France

Greece

Italy

Morocco

New Zealand

Portugal

Rep. of North Macedonia

Romania

South Africa

Spain

Switzerland

Thailand

Turkey

USA

Press release

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Organisation

Syrah du Monde® is an oganisation of the association Forum Œnologie

Forum Œnologie also organizes

International Competition between the best Chardonnay in the World

International Competition Alliances du Monde®

International Sparkling wines Competition: Effervescents du Monde®

International Competition between the best Muscats in the World

The international Wine and Vine films Festival: OENOVIDEO

Press contact

Henri-Laurent Arnould
Head of Communication

Tél. : 333.85.37.43.21
Fax : 333.85.37.19.83

e-mail : infos@syrah-du-monde.com

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