Medo Syrah 2021

Name: Medo Syrah 2021
Brand: FARMentation
SKU: farmentation-medo-syrahdryred-2021-14%-750ml
Price: 80.00 SGD
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Yunnan, China · Red Wine · Full Bodied

Medo, 梅朵, means little flower in Tibetan, and Yuchen named this wine for a village elder in Luwa who helped plant the first vines here nearly two decades ago. Luwa sits at around 2,560 metres on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau, among the highest Syrah vineyards anywhere, where long cold winters give way to short, cool summers and the temperature swings hard between day and night. That rhythm lets the fruit ripen slowly and hold its acidity, deep into autumn. Yuchen farms it naturally, by hand, watered only by gravity-fed snowmelt, and in the cellar he keeps things simple: whole berries dropped gently into tank, an open-top fermentation, then eighteen months in French oak with just a touch new. The result is Syrah in a cool, high-altitude register: dark berries and wild herb, cracked black pepper, firm but fine tannins and a long, mineral, alpine-fresh finish. Not power but precision. Decant it briefly and give it time.

Pairing Suggestions

Syrah at Himalayan altitude, which sounds improbable until it is in the glass.
Its pepper meets Sichuan heat properly: mapo tofu, or dry-fried green beans.
Or Xuanwei ham, cured in the same mountains the grapes grew on.

About FARMentation

FARMentation® is a Yunnan-based rural fermentation project founded by Yuchen, a Chinese winemaker trained across major wine regions in Europe and South America. With a doctoral background in winemaking, Yuchen combines technical precision with a deep commitment to agriculture, rural culture, and low-intervention practices.

After completing his studies in Germany, Yuchen returned to Yunnan and began working in the Shangri-La region, where high-altitude vineyards and mountain villages became the foundation of his winemaking journey. FARMentation® represents a return home and a long-term exploration of terroir through fermentation.

The project is guided by a collective philosophy of “growing in freedom, fermenting good stuff,” focusing on natural fermentations carried out at origin. FARMentation® works with local fruit, historic vineyards, and traditional grape varieties, aiming to revitalise rural landscapes while expressing the clarity, freshness, and tension shaped by Yunnan’s altitude and light.