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Petite Sirah, Contra Costa Cty, "Oakley" 2005

Petite Sirah, Contra Costa Cty, "Oakley" 2005 Wine Details
Price: $40.00 per bottle

Description: This is what Petite Sirah should taste like. This wine offers a huge structure of deep rich colors and concentrated flavors. The aroma is a ripe package of overripe berries, chocolate and spice leading into an explosive mouthful of boysenberry and black pepper, with a slight lingering finish. This wine has a complexity that you will savor.

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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