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Umami notes of soy sauce and black olives, a bit of mossy underbrush and berries swirl together on the nose of the...
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A fine and persistent wine, with a strong scent of ripe red fruit.
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COLOR: Intense red with violet reflections. PERFUME: Red fruit, ripe blackberries and cocoa scent. TASTE: Tannic...
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Cherries and watermelon with some citrus aromas follow through to a medium to full body with creamy-textured tannins...
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So and expressive, revealing a deep strong character. Well-tempered silky tannins with flawless fruit reminiscent of...
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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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Color: Dark, dense ruby color. Nose: Beautiful aromas of licorice, blackberries and blueberries. Palate:...
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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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The 2021 Petite Sirah is laced with inky blue/purplish fruit, hard candy, mint, sage and white flowers. Whole...
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This wine shows aromas of ripe black cherries and blackberries accompanied by hints of vanilla, peppery spice, and...
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Ruby red color with violet reflections. Typical varietal aromas of ripe plum, cocoa, wild fruit, and flawless...
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Purato Nero d'Avola is packed with punchy fruit, with an excellent structure, yet is completely approachable.
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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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Spellbound Petite Sirah has an intense color and generous bouquet of rich blackberries and blueberries, vanilla bean...
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The 2021 Petite Syrah Hayne Vineyard comes from vines planted in 1953. Opaque ruby-black in color, this has some...
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Nero D'avola Petite Sirah 1965 2011 2021

Italy’s largest island, Sicily, has a wine producing history that can put most other European regions to shame. It was producing quality wines before the days of the Roman empire, and even the Ancient Greeks were not the first to cultivate vines on the island. For as long as anyone knows, the key grape varietal of Sicily has been Nero d’Avola, the beautiful, deep blue skinned grape which produces the region’s characterful, powerful red wines. While in the past, Nero d’Avola was mainly used as a blending grape, due to its deep color and intensely full body, it is today being increasingly celebrated as a single varietal wine grape, and is perfect for those who like their wines boisterous, loud and strong.



Nero d’Avola is grown pretty much everywhere on Sicily, as demand for wines made from this grape have never been higher. Despite its power and body, it is quite a versatile grape - it can be aged in oak barrels, which produces a dense and dark wine which puts its intense characteristics to good use, but it is also often drunk quite young, which allows its jammy, plummy character to come forward. It is also used to make rose wines in some appellations of Sicily, demonstrating a softer side to this otherwise heavy, deeply flavorful grape.

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.