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A rich and chewy red with blackberries, dark plums, currants and baking spices. Full body with firm tannins. Serious...
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Meaty nose with dark berries, smoke, grilled meat and hints of chocolate wafers. Medium body with fine tannins. Rich...
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Twice a year, the sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in a day and night of equal length. These occurrences...
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Bottled late, the 2020 Perl is based on 91% Syrah and 9% Grenache that spent 24 months in 50% new oak. Coming from...
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This blend of 52% Syrah, 41% Grenache and 7% Mourvèdre begins with aromas of dried herbs, dried fruits and cocoa....
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Medium ruby in color. Dusty sweet Marachino cherries, blackberry, kirsch, with a hint of vanilla and toasty oak on...
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The 2022 Bodyguard is a sleek yet powerful blend of Petit Verdot and Petite Sirah, displaying both opulence and...
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Impressively dark in the glass, this bottling pairs intense purple fruit and flower on this nose with more roasted,...
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This bottling delivers the ripe power that so many want, in a package that's balanced by savory elements. Dense aroma...
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Vivid purple. Powerful, smoke- and spice-accented aromas of dark berry preserves, candied flowers, mocha and olive...
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The 2019 Estate Blend is comprised of 51% Syrah, 17% Mourvèdre, 14% Grenache, 7% Tempranillo, 6% Graciano, 3%...
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Lots of blue fruits, ground pepper, candied violets, and chalky minerality emerge from the 2018 Ingenuity, a pure,...
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Crushed red fruit and clay on the nose. Full-to medium-bodied with well-structured tannins. Juicy, ripe red and black...
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Aromas of redcurrants, blackberries, sliced plums and smoking tobacco. Full-bodied with fine, soft tannins. Black and...
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Our 2017 Paso Robles red blend is a brilliant ruby red in the glass. It entices the palate with nuances of cherry...
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We aged this wine a little longer in barrel to soften the palate and make it more approachable upon opening. It...
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The 2019 Chopping Block is a gorgeous blend of 52% Syrah, 31% Mourvèdre and 17% Grenache grown on limestone that...
Petite Sirah Pinotage Red Blend United States California Mendocino County San Luis Obispo 750ml
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.
Pinotage is the signature grape varietal of South Africa, and is the most widely grown grape in the country, as well as being common in several other countries around the world. It is a viticultural cross of two fine grape varietals, the Pinot Noir and the Cinsaut (known as Hermitage in South Africa, hence the portmanteau name), and is notable for the fact that it produces excellent and flavorful wines of a deep red color The flavors most commonly associated with Pinotage wines are generally smoky in nature, with notes ranging from dark bramble fruits, to plum, mulberry and earthy characteristics. However, it often also includes quite tropical flavors of stewed banana. The Pinotage varietal is a versatile one, and is often used for producing fortified and sparkling wines, as well as the more common still red wines.
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.