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Winery | Carol Shelton |
|---|---|
Grapes | Petite Sirah |
Region | Sonoma County |
Wine style | Californian Petite Sirah |
Alcohol content | 14.4% |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Wine description | Passionate purple in color, lively black peppery spice on perfumey blue-blackberry fruit along with Cedary oak spice, dusty cocoa, warm vanilla creme at finish, structured tannins for aging. |
Much like Malbec, Petite Sirah is the product of France but it found its home in places with a much warmer, dryer climate like Israel, Australia, and the United States.
Petite Sirahs tend to be highly tannic and highly acidic. They exude strong blackberry notes, as well as a good kick of cracked black pepper.
The grape was developed by Dr. Francois Durif in the 1870s as a hybrid grape that wasn...
