| 60% |
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Dry Creek Valley Petite Sirah, Del Carlo Ranch |
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40% |
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Dry Creek Valley Petite Sirah,
Teldeschi Ranch |
| pH: 3.61 |
T.A.: 0.610 g/100mL
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Alcohol: 15.1%
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Cases Produced: 121
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We love petite sirah for its burliness and rusticity. Doing Brontosaurus steaks on the grill tonight? Open a bottle of pet! Picked on October 20th and 23rd, each component was fermented separately and left on the skins for 29 days before being pressed to all French oak, 40% new. Bottled unfined and unfiltered after 14 months in barrel.
Tasting Note: Black ruby-purple. A powerful, blueberry-laden nose is complimented by intriguing notes of iron and earth. Full-bodied and concentrated but with a measure of elegance rarely found in a petite of this size. Enjoyable now with plenty of time in a decanter (and if you don’t mind tannin), this petite has the balance of fruit and structure to age gracefully for up to several decades. (MRO – 3/1/07)
