Monte Rio Cellars Petite Sirah 2020 (750ml) RheingauWinemaker Notes Petite Sirah from the organically farmed Bains Vineyard in Lodi AVA. Average vine age is approximately 40 years. 100% whole cluster, carbonic fermentation in stainless steel, and matured for 10 months in neutral French oak. This is fresh and energetic Petite Sirah with a nice balance of dark fruit and a distinct savory quality black cherry, blackberry, and plum, with notes of black olive and wild herbs. The wine has great texture with
1 Tasting Notes Enticing lemon and lime aromas are complimented by delicate floral notes
These grapes are then fermented and blended into the wine
vines are grown at an altitude of up to ninety metres
A wildly aromatic wine with abundant amounts of white peach
Mendoza in the foothills of the Andes mountains of Argentina
linear white with sliced green apples and hints of lemons
The soils are rich and deep
some nice fruits with cherry and raspberry hints
Tasted blind at the BIVB tasting in Chablis
exploding with baked black fruit and exotic spices
rhubarb and blackberries with notes of earth
This needs three or four years to come together
