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Wine Details
Price:
$36.00 per bottle
Description:
Excellent growing conditions prevailed in Napa Valley in 2002. Our Petite Sirah is a robust and voluptuous wine, full of black cherry, leather, and dried berry aromas, with touches of cocoa and herbs. Flavors of raspberry, black plum and roasted coffee integrate seamlessly with oak and dark chocolate. Powerful and elegant, with a polished finish that cascades layers of plush flavors. We are proud of our first release, enjoy!
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Varietal Definition
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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Cascade:
This French-American hybrid typically produces light red wine with low acidity. Also known as Seibel 13053, this blue grape is employed by a few wineries in New York State. The grape's early ripening capabilities are a benefit to northeast growers, but its extreme susceptibility to virus infection will limit plantings of the vine
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