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Wine Details
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Description:
The creation of this wine as a single varietal has allowed its true merits to shine.
Wild berry notes followed by cinnamon, crushed plum and pie crust delight the initial palette. Rich raspberry jam and mouth filling red and black berry compote dominate the middle. White pepper, dusty minerality, and a long luscious finish complete the appeal of this second harvest wine.
The potential of this varietal from this vineyard has been firmly established.
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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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