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This wine is rich, concentrated with aromas of blackberry, cumin, dried herbs and florals. The palate offers black...
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The Cabernet Franc with its deep Ruby color shows how a full-bodied wine can be made from this variety grown on clay...
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Fleur de California's Petite Sirah displays intense aromas of blueberries, peppercorn and nutmeg. Dark in color, once...
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The nose reveals a mélange of bramble fruit, red raspberry, black plum and cigar box spice. Medium-plus to...
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Supple, with flavors of dark berry, spice and herbal flavors. The lavish palate's tannic backbone is distinct and...
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Full redcurrant and red-plum fruit with delicate spicy character. Very well-structured, medium-bodied palate that has...
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Red
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Making a cabernet franc of this quality in the 2023 vintage is a major achievement. The fine tannins form a compact...
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A light, bright and pretty cabernet franc with plenty of redcurrant fruit and gentle tannins that give this nice...
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Red
750ml
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The 2021 Petite Sirah Tower Road is a beauty, with an up-front, lush, yet concentrated, nicely balanced style....
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750ml
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A classic Bordeaux variety, Cabernet Franc loves this cool climate region, as proven by this award-winning wine....
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750ml
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Our Estate Bottled Petite Sirah has everything you would expect from this intensely flavored grape. Seductive, heady...
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Aromas of red berry fruits and black raspberry accentuate rich flavors of plum and red berries with a soft tannins...
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Notes of violet and dark bramble fruits such as blackberry and black raspberry characterize the rich aromas....
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Red
750ml
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The 2021 Petite Sirah is laced with inky blue/purplish fruit, hard candy, mint, sage and white flowers. Whole...
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The 2021 is tasting great now but will continue to shine for many years in the cellar. An uplifting nose is bursting...
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750ml
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Vibrant crimson in color with a bright, inviting nose of red and black currants. Seductive and layered on the palate...
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Bright ruby color with complex aromas of cherries, dark chocolate, and spices. Medium-bodied with soft, elegant...
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The two grape varieties crossed to create Petite Sirah are Pelousin and Syrah, and Robert Biale’s Royal Punishers...
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Cabernet Franc Mencia Petite Sirah 2021 United States

Cabernet Franc is not simply an important grape varietal for the fact that it is one of the most widely grown strains of vine in the world, but also because it is a vital grape in the production of many of the finest wines the world has ever seen. For centuries in its native France, it has been a varietal synonymous with elegance and high quality, and has become a key fruit in the production of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux-style blended wines which have gone down in history thanks to their magnificent flavors, aromas and levels of aged complexity. However, Cabernet Franc is also a wine grape varietal for use in single variety, unblended wines, and has plenty to offer on its own. Most commonly, it is renowned for its wide bouquet, which often includes fascinating notes of tobacco, violets or bell pepper over a beautifully pale and decadent liquid.

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.

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.