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1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$363.95
$377.90
This has all the rounded, rich texture and generosity that you would expect from white Hermitage, with mango and pear...
750ml - Case of 6
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$171.57
This has all the rounded, rich texture and generosity that you would expect from white Hermitage, with mango and pear...
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
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$183.95
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Ridge Petite Sirah Lytton Estate 2019
750ml - Case of 12
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$52.63
A wine of weight and substance, the 2019 Petite Syrah Lytton Estate is fabulous. Best of all, readers won't have to...
750ml - Case of 6
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$104.84
Another unsurprising but jawdropping discovery when encountering the Saouma wines: Magis, Mounir’s white...
750ml - Case of 6
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$103.60
Gorgeous in every way, from the lush and silky feel to the waves of creamed melon, white peach and green fig flavors,...
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Sine Qua Non The Writing On The Wall 2012
1.5Ltr - 1 Bottle
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$6658.35
$7083.35
The 2012 Petite Sirah The Writing on the Wall should be the greatest Petite Sirah to ever come out of California (or...
375ml - Case of 6
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$326.28
Ice Wine Petite Sirah White Rhone Blend
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.
The Rhone region of France has been producing superb quality white blended wines for centuries, and is a region highly respected and esteemed around the world, with plenty of New World countries keen to emulate the styles and techniques displayed by the historic wineries and skilled vintners of the area. The secret to the Rhone's success when it comes to blended white wines is the careful and expert selection of certain grape varietals, which each lend special features to the blended wine and bring balance and harmony to the bottle. Most commonly, blended white Rhone wines feature no more than two grapes of either the Viognier, Rousanne, Marsanne or Grenache Blanc varietals, and are renowned for their exceptional flavors and highly aromatic, floral character.