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Wine Details
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Description:
Coffee, chocolate, mint and tarragon thread through the full, jammy fruit of Guenoc’s Serpentine Meadow Reserve Petite Sirah. Richness, texture and complexity, knit into a profoundly purple black wine, leads to a finish of silk and satin. The Serpentine Petite Sirah promises longevity with proper cellaring. Only 500 cases were produced from Guenoc Valley.
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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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Mead:
Fermented beverage made with honey, water and yeast optionally with flavoring ingredients.
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