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Red
750ml
Bottle: $9.84 $10.58
Aromas of cocoa and mocha, with flavors of boysenberry, blackberry and blueberry.
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $47.99 $51.60
Only a 30-minute drive southeast of Napa, Suisun Valley (which became an AVA in 1982) is still largely undiscovered....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $16.90
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Stewed damson, licorice root and a faint waft of dried tobacco leaf, the calling card of aglianico. Mid-weighted and...
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750ml
Bottle: $19.50
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The 2020 Aglianico del Vulture Superiore Gricos lifts from the glass with a pretty bouquet that mixes dusty rose with...
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375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $23.94
Fresh and stylish, with abundant cured tobacco, ground anise and white pepper accenting ripe black plum and currant...
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $21.99 $23.94
This has an attractive nose of blackberries, olives, charcuterie, peppercorns and cloves. Some iodine and lemon zest....
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Red
750ml
Bottle: $34.33 $36.80
A wine of weight and substance, the 2019 Petite Syrah Lytton Estate is fabulous. Best of all, readers won't have to...
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750ml
Bottle: $11.99
Spellbound Petite Sirah has an intense color and generous bouquet of rich blackberries and blueberries, vanilla bean...
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The 2021 Petite Syrah Hayne Vineyard comes from vines planted in 1953. Opaque ruby-black in color, this has some...
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Aglianico Ice Wine Petite Sirah In-Store or Curbside pickup

Aglianico is a black skinned grape most commonly associated with the exquisite wines of the Campania region of Italy. It thrives most happily in hot and dry climates, and as such, has had plenty of success in the New World, particularly in the United States, where it is used to great effect in many red wines. It was believed to come from Greece several thousand years ago, brought by Pheonician tradesman, and was wildly popular in Roman times, when it was used in the finest wines made by the Roman empire. Aglianico grapes produce full bodied red wines which have a high tannin and acid content. As such, it has excellent ageing potential, and with a standard amount of time in a barrel, it rounds out and mellows to produce beautifully balanced wines.

Petite Sirah was first brought from France to America in the 1880s. It later went on to become one of the only grapes to make it through the devastating Phylloxera virus in the 1890s, both World Wars, and the Great Depression. During Prohibition, it was a main ingredient used to make sacramental wines. In fact, through the 1960s it was a major blending grape in a number of the finest wines produced in California.

By itself, a bottle of Petite Sirah usually has no problem making a quick impression on consumers. With a large amount of natural color and tannins, wines made with the grape commonly feature intensive sweet fruit characteristics like fresh raspberry or blackberry jam, black pepper spice, and plenty of backbone or structure.

There are a number of different styles available. Some concentrate on highlighting fresh, fruity flavors; others are bigger, more voluptuous; and it keeps going up the ladder until you reach the powerful, more machismo-style category.