Mendocino County

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Packed with blue fruit and dark brown spices, as well as clove, wet slate, and purple floral notes, alongside a rich mid-palate of more brown spice and lingering dark berry fruit compote. The texture is fully unctuous. A pleasure-filled wine, showing an uncharacteristic density for Mendocino Ridge, yet completely compelling.Steve Alden once lived in Dry Creek in an old farmhouse where Petite Sirah vines grew at the front of the property. He noticed they ripened before the Zinfandel, so he flagged vines that still had green leaves at the end of harvest. From this, he identified three very clean, virus-free vines and began taking cuttings each year to establish his 'Perli clone' of Petite Sirah, interplanting it within his Zinfandel vineyard. This is coastal Petite Sirah pushed toward full ripeness to help soften the variety’s naturally intense tannins.

Petite Sirah

Murder Ridge Winery, Petite Sirah, Mendocino County, Mendocino Ridge, California, USA, 2024

Packed with blue fruit and dark brown spices, as well as clove, wet slate, and purple floral notes, alongside a rich mid-palate 

Murder Ridge Winery, Petite Sirah, Mendocino County

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