This Petite Sirah wine is a full flavored Rhone-style red with an intense inky color and deep hues of red. A vibrant wine with a fruit forward palate, it has good tension and a grace that reveals a clean floral nose of violet and cedar. On the palate, we find cacao and freshly ground black pepper with a nice clean finish.

Our estate fruit is dry-farmed and the vineyard is not tilled. Cover crops are used to improve the soil’s texture and richness. Every task is done by hand with minimal intervention of machinery. There is no use of insecticides or pesticides in the vineyard.

At the winery, we respect the integrity of the wine by using a low intervention approach. Sulfite is never used. We age the wine in neutral barrels to let the fruit from each year tell its story and the story of that year in the vineyard.

Wine Type: Red

Varietal: 100% Petite Sirah, a grape that finds its origins in southern France and is considered a rare varietal, with only 10,000 planted acres worldwide, mostly in California.

Appellation: Redwood Valley (California)

Vineyard: Powicana Farm, certified organic by CCOF.

Altitude: 900 feet

Production: 375 cases.

Bottle size: 750ml

Winemaking: Destemmed and fermented in steel tank using wild yeasts from the vineyard, aged for one year in neutral French oak barrels. Unfined, unfiltered, no added sulfites. Harvest Date: 09/29/2018. Brix at Harvest: 24. Bottling Date: 08/21/2019. Production: 378 Cases. pH 3.4, TA 5.7g/L, Residual sugars 0.1g/L, Total sulfites less than 5mg/L, Alcohol 12.9%.

Serving:Open the bottle a few hours before serving or use a decanter. Serve at 50-60°F.

Food pairing: Petite Sirah’s tannins and full body structure pairs well with meat and fatty foods.

Storage and shelf-life: Store in a dark place, at a temperature between 50 and 60°F and at 60 to 70% humidity. This wine, if properly stored, will age beautifully in the bottle for 20 years or more.