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The Renegade Series ...2008 Late Harvest Petite Sirah El Dorado County
Source: Duarte Vineyard, El Dorado County
Harvest Date: September 30, 2007
Brix at Harvest: 32
Time in Barrel: 18 months
Type of Oak: Neutral French & American
Alcohol: 16.5%
Bottled: April 9, 2009
Production: 139 cases
Winemaker's Notes: We opted not to produce a Port style wine in 2007 so in it place for this vintage we have a special Late Harvest Petit Sirah. The grapes come from the flawlessly farmed Duarte Vineyard in Georgetown where the sugars rose to 32' of brix when harvested. There was no reason to fortify this wine and the residual sugars ended up at 3'. This is a great base wine for Sangria!!
With absolutely no relationship to Syrah, Petite Sirah actually comes from the Durif grape aptly named after Francois Durif, a botanist from the University of Montpelier who discovered the Peloursin berry that contained the first Durif seed in 1880.
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