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Wine Details
Price:
$35.00 per bottle
Description:
As in years past, our 2002 Petite Sirah is red wine for big red wine lovers. The color is a saturated purple and black. Aromas of ripe black cherry, spicy liqueur and creamy new oak are just beginning to open up. The flavors come on like gangbusters, broad without being over-ripe. This vintage may well be remembered for its beautiful balance from the start. Ripe fruit, dazzling acidity leading to a refined, yes, refined finish. As much fun as it is to just open and drink by itself, be sure to enjoy it with savory grilled or roast beef, pork or lamb. Those of you who choose to cellar wine will be rewarded with 5-10 years of beautiful drinking.
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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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