Mendocino County is the largest producer of Petite Sirah in the north coast of California. Our Petite Sirah comes from a combination of old vine vineyards and new high-tech vineyards scattered throughout the benchlands and hillsides of Mendocino County.
Our Petite Sirah comes from three different vineyards scattered throughout Mendocino County, one of which is over 50 years old and sits on a rocky benchland overlooking the Russian River. The other two sit close to the Russian River, with grey sandy loam soils and great sun exposure. These great vineyard conditions show in the fruit and always
produce excellent wine.
This wine offers deep aromas and delicious flavors of ripe blackberries, violets, chocolate, toasty vanilla, tar and spice. Untypical of many of today’s Petite Sarah’s, this wine is round, smooth and displays rich tannins that leads to long, lingering finish.
Food Pairing:
Roasted meats such as lamb and beef or hearty
venison stew bring out the true flavors of this
wine.
Background
Mendocino County is the largest producer of Petite Sirah in the north coast of California. Our Petite Sirah comes from a combination of old vine vineyards and new high-tech vineyards scattered throughout the benchlands and hillsides of Mendocino County.
Vineyards
Our Petite Sirah comes from three different vineyards scattered throughout Mendocino County, one of which is over 50 years old and sits on a rocky benchland overlooking the Russian River. The other two sit close to the Russian River, with grey sandy loam soils and great sun exposure. These great vineyard conditions show in the fruit and always
produce excellent wine.
Winemaking
The grapes for this wine were hand harvested from October 19th-24th and were crushed into open top fermentors and allowed to cold soak for 3 days before the start of fermentation. After a long, slow fermentation, the wine was aged for 36 months in 20% new French Burgundy, American, and Eastern European oak, softening the tannins and adding length and complexity to the wine.
Winemaker Comments
This wine offers deep aromas and delicious flavors of ripe blackberries, violets, chocolate, toasty vanilla, tar and spice. Untypical of many of today’s Petite Sarah’s, this wine is round, smooth and displays rich tannins that leads to long, lingering finish.
Winemaking Data
Harvest
Date: October 19th-24th
Fermentation & Aging
Fermentation: 3 days of cold soak, pumped over and punched down twice a day for 11-14 days in stainless open top fermentors Aging: 36 months in French, American, EU Burgundy barrels (20% new French)
Wine
Blend: 80% Petite Sirah, 12% Carignane, 8% Zinfandel
Alcohol: 14.7%
Total Acidity: 7.2 g/L
pH: 3.40
Residual Sugar: 0.7 g/L
Food Pairing:
Roasted meats such as lamb and beef or hearty
venison stew bring out the true flavors of this
wine.
