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Wine Details
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New release! The 46-year-old Petite Sirah vines on which these grapes were grown yield fruit intense with the essence of black cherry and peppery flavors. This wine is perfect for garlic lovers! Try it with raviolis and a rich cream sauce of garlic, prosciutto and asparagus drizzled over the top.
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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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