2018 Theopolis Vineyards Estate Grown Petite Sirah - 1.5 L MAGNUM BOTTLE

2018 Theopolis Vineyards Estate Grown Petite Sirah - 1.5 L MAGNUM BOTTLE

$150.00

Magnum Bottle

Bright fruit, firm tannins, and robust spice envelop this Estate Grown Petite Sirah. The glass opens with fragrant notes of black cherry, violets, and woodsy spices. Big notes of cola, vanilla, and blackberry jam burst on a palate framed by velvety tannins. This vintage will stand up now and age beautifully for decades.

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Varietal

100% Petite Sirah

Harvest Date

October 27, 2018

Bottling Date

July 18, 2020

Vinification

This vintage of our Petite Sirah was fermented in open top stainless tanks, manually punched down, aged in 30% new and 70% neutral French oak barrels for 20 months, bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Alcohol

14.5%

Color

Black-Purple

Food Pairing Suggestions

Petite Sirah pairs well with barbecue, hearty stews, braised and grilled beef, pot roast, veal, wild game, oxtails, charcuterie, lamb, sausage or dark chocolate.

Production

288 Cases

SCORES AND AWARDS

92 POINTS - GRAPELIVE

The latest release from Theodora Lee (AKA Theopatra) And Theopolis vineyards is her 2018 Estate Grown Petite Sirah, which is a thrill ride of dense and spicy flavors and comes from her amazing terraced vineyard in the Yorkville highlands in Mendocino County. This might be the best site and most distinct for Petite Sirah in California, and I have loved this wine since I first tried it, with this 2018 being one of the most exciting to date, its inky purple opaque color and its racy peppery undercurrent making it irresistible. As I have found over the last five vintages, this site give Petite Sirah a northern Rhone like profile and this 2018, from a long cool growing season, really accentuates that character with the mentioned peppery nature or peppercorn note as well as the lively energy found here. It additionally adds hints of lilacs, anise and creme de cassis come out with air and the power tannins smooth out when this beautiful Petite Sirah opens up, this is very serious stuff.

- Kerry Winslow