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Red
750ml
Bottle: $60.00
In the past, I tasted impressive Gran Reservas from the 1980s, but the Gran Reserva that is due for release this year...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
500ml
Bottle: $56.80
6 bottles: $56.00
Deep amber in colour with brown highlights. On the nose, there is a lot of dried fruit notes, dates, plums and...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $75.03
Wine naturally concentrated, but without excess, very aromatic. The silkiness of the tannins allows immediate...
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Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $43.64
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $452.67
Currants, mint, flowers, and licorice in the nose. Medium to full bodied, with elegant tannins and an after taste of...
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Red
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle: $198.87
The 2001 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva is the follow-up of the 1995. There is a sense of harmony and elegance, of...
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Dessert Wine Petite Sirah Red Blend 2001

Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.

By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.

There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.