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Wine Details
Price:
$22.00 per bottle
Description:
We have a long history of blending Syrah and Petite Sirah. Purists may not forgive my alliterative companionship of the two, but by golly the two grapes sounded alike so 25 years ago I planted them side by side and proceeded to combine them in the bottle. Serendipity in your glass. The fleshy tannins, satsuma plummyness and animal growl of the first married beautifully with the grit, gumption and black cherry of the latter to make a rich, deep and long-aging red with both French and California breeding.
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Varietal Definition
Syrah:
Syrah is the eight hundred pound gorilla of Rhone grapes! In the vineyard and the winery, Syrah is typically an easy grape to work with - healthy, early ripening, resistant to mildew and rot; suitable for winemaking in a variety of styles. The wines from Syrah are tannic without being harsh. The wines will have a taste and smell of dark blue fruit like blackberries and blackcurrant, with a strong spicy side where one can find freshly ground pepper and other spices. Syrah is famous for its part in the French blends, such as Côtes du Rhone and Châteauneuf du Pape.
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Petite Sirah:
Petite Sirah is the same as the French variety known as Durif, a cross of Peloursin, with the true Syrah. A French nurseryman, Dr. François Durif, propagated the grape trying for resistance to powdery mildew and named it after himself, in the 1870s. Petite Sirah has long been an important blending grape, prized primarily for its deep color and fairly intense tannin. It is the variety most often chosen to blend into Zinfandel for added color, complexity, body, and to tone down the tendency of Zins toward "jammy" fruit.
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