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From an unirrigated vineyard above the fog line on Mount Veeder, the 2019 Mountain Cuvée No. 4 Saffron Vineyard is a...
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I loved the nose on the 2019 Arise Proprietary Red, and it's loaded with red and black fruits, darker herbs,...
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This rich, purple-hued red wine is rich with aromas of dark berries, baking spices and espresso. On the palate,...
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Fresh, vibrant red fruit flavors show notes of plumeria, candied violet and black pepper, with a touch of cream soda....
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"We don't have anything in mind about what the final blend will be each year," winemaker Andy Erickson said about...
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The 2019 Fair Chase Mountain Cuvee is a new wine from Cervantes. Bright and exuberant, the 2019 offers quite the...
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Quietly powerful, dense with alluring oak spices and late-picked fruit flavors, this full-bodied, velvet-textured...
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Another beautiful wine from this team, the 2019 Insignia is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon but includes smaller amounts of...
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Another beautiful wine from this team, the 2019 Insignia is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon but includes smaller amounts of...
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This Rhone style blend is made for pure indulgence, it exudes fresh red fruit and spice with hints of smoke and earth...
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Mount Veeder was the first winery in California to recognize the unique complexity achieved by blending Cabernet...
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Solid and direct, with a squared-off beam of cassis and blackberry paste underscored by a graphite edge. Exudes ample...
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Lastly, the 2019 Promontory matches the perfect 2016 from this estate and is legendary stuff. Ripe black fruits,...
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The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon The Stick is rich, heady and explosive. It offers up an exciting mélange of inky dark...
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Packs warmed cassis and plum reduction notes coated in melted black licorice. Gains good cut from a fresh tobacco...
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Robert Mondavi Winery The Estates Oakville Red Blend Red Wine offers notes of dried herbs and toast with cherry and...
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Complexity, concentration, and cohesiveness are hallmarks of the 2019 Elivette with layers upon layers of aromas and...
Petite Sirah Red Blend 2003 2019 United States California Napa Valley
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.
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
When it comes to New World wines, and especially wines from the United States of America, Napa Valley is something of a standard bearer. Over its relatively short history, it has managed to transform itself from being a fairly insignificant region, to becoming one of the most important and highly regarding wine locations on earth. With an ideal climate for viticulture, blazing sunshine and a low level of rainfall, this valley is shielded on many sides by mountain ranges which help it maintain a consistent level of heat, light and moisture throughout the year. Today, Napa Valley is a home of innovation and quality, with dozens of grape varietals thriving in the fertile soils. However, the main varietals grown there have always been Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Zinfandel, and the wines they produce are constantly lauded by critics and competitions across the globe.