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Wine Details
Price:
$24.00 per bottle
Description:
Nutrient poor decomposed granite soils dominate the Fairplay A.V.A. along with a microclimate naturally tempered by an elevation upwards of 2500 ft. Petite Sirah is perfectly suited for the local terrior and produces a wine with excellent balance and structure; eloquent and powerful. Ripe blackberries and violets with a hint of magnolia lead to dense tannins and a subtle smoky finish.
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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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Magnolia:
Muscadine grape derivative with floral flavors used mainly to make sweet white wines in the South-East and Gulf states of the U.S..
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