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2020 Petite Sirah
Tasting Notes
The 2020 Petite Sirah exhibits bold flavors of blackberries, dark plum, mocha and clove with a deep color & bold finish.Winemaker Notes
Don’t let the name petite fool you, there is nothing small about this wine. From the vineyard, where the medium sized berries develop an incredible density of flavor and color. To the winery, where we maximize flavor and color extraction. This wine is all about the big, bold and intense characteristics. 2020 vintage was a hot summer with a relatively cool fall, allowing the fruit to reach full ripeness slowly while retaining fresh fruit & acidity Add to this natural tendency for things big and intense that we fermented this wine on the skins in stainless steel tanks for 3 weeks, including a cold soak and extended maceration, the resulting wine is dark in color and flavor, with bold fine-grained tannins and acidity. To match the natural flavors from the grape, we aged the wine on 40% new oak, mostly darker toasts from France and Minnesota, to contribute complexities of coffee, chocolate, roasted meat and vanilla. This wine is intensely complex with a long lingering finish.Awards
Best of Class, Double Gold; Sunset Intl.Wine Profile
| Vintage | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Petite Sirah |
| Appellation | Sierra Foothills |
| Sugar | 23.0 Brix |
| Acid | 6.3 g/L |
| PH | 3.62 pH |
| Aging | 40% new French & Minnesota oak, 60% neutral oak for 22 months on full sur lies contact with monthly stirring |
| Fermentation | 13-day fermentation with punch downs, 5 day extended maceration |
| Alcohol % | 13.1 |
| Size | 750 ml |
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