Country: US / California
Variety: Petite Sirah
Winery: Stags’ Leap Winery /
The winery’s larger bottling of the variety, one it has mastered for decades, this wine is a mix of baked plum and rustic leather notes. It’s softly tannic, with pronounced jolts of tobacco and black pepper. With small amounts of other Rhône varieties, from Syrah to Viognier, it meanders to the finish, with a distinct trace of minerality.