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Wine Details
Price:
$30.00 per bottle
Description:
On June 6, 2002 we bottled only 24 cases of the inaugural vintage of our estate Petite Sirah.
This extraordinary variety is grown in the upper-most portion of our vineyard, on the thinnest soils and at a low ton per acre yield in order to maximize the intensity of flavors in this unique wine.
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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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