Petite sirah
2018
$22.99*
5 case(s) available
McManis Family Vineyards is a grower and vintner of premium varietal wine grapes located in the Northern Interior of California. The company was founded in 1990 by Ron and Jamie McManis - fourth generation family farmers. The McManis family has been growing grapes in this region since 1938. McManis Family Vineyards currently operates over 2500 acres of wine grapes and after the 1997 harvest, a state-of-the-art winery was designed and built to maximize the resulting wine's quality through small...
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McManis Family Vineyards practice sustainable farming and are certified sustainable through the ‘Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing’ program. Select rootstocks and clones as well as labor intensive fruit management techniques and canopy management are part of the premium grape growing practices, demonstrated in all their vineyards.
This wine is a blend of 80% Petite Sirah and 20% Tannat. After fermenting on the skins for 6-9 days the must was pressed. The resulting wine finished fermentation in stainless steel tanks, and then was aged in new & used French and American oak barrels.
Blackberry and boysenberry on the nose, as well as caramel, toffee and chocolate. The wine has a rich, soft cream texture of mocha and ripe black fruit flavours, followed by a lingering, mouthwatering finish. 80% Petite Sirah and 20% Tannat.
A Petite Sirah with soft tannins used to be rare, but it is rapidly becoming the norm and this beauty is a prime example. Plush, ripe blueberry fruit with excellent palate weight and great persistence in the finish.
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