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2014 Archival Petite Sirah, Napa Valley
This single vineyard wine was hand picked and crushed direct to open top barrels. Natural fermentation of both sugar and malic acid. The wine was then hand pressed to barrel at 10 brix.
A rush of flavor and swagger from the nose to the palate and its dancing texture. Most associate Petite Sirah with darkness, a one dimensional and opaque feel. But not this 2014 Napa Valley bottle... This lovely little character has a boldness and soft-spoken charm about it that breaks any varietal stereotype. Its tannin structure and acidity make it approachable now and unusually versatile with food. But, if you want to lay it down for a bit and see what new notes surface, the bottle invites you to do so. Expect something different, expect something fun, expect a new experience with this '14 Petite.
Drink now or hold through 2025. Drinks best at room temperature.
Always minimal Sulfites added.
Our wines share the reality of travel, of family, of blending old and new world approaches with our personalities. Fun is what we intend, and what we hope you experience with every bottle you open. Each of our wines is a personality, someone new you meet. We hope you make a few new friends, and revisit with them over and over. Being part of the process from step one, seeing our wines grow and develop character from when we pick them to when they’re bottled, we consider them part of our family. And, we’d love to share them, and our journeys, with you.
We don’t hope to follow trends, but instead let the vineyards and the conditions of a certain vineyard for a given year tell us what to do with the wine. We’re there with it every day, from when it’s picked to when it’s bottled. The wines we make represent everything we love and believe in: love for wine, family, and this dream that we live everyday here in wine country. Caroline and I have always thought making wine is about getting your hands dirty and getting as close to the dirt as you can. The earth is what gives us the wine, and that’s what needs to be known. It’s where my relationship with the wine starts.
Everything is reflected in the wines we make. Our family, our love of wine, our travels, our personalities, our past… everything. Our relationship with wine started with a love of where it’s from, walking the vineyard and delivering what’s out there into the bottle, for everyone to enjoy. Wine shouldn’t be manipulated, it should speak a truth. And these wines are our truth, the truth we want to share with you. So, again, we hope you enjoy whichever of our bottles you have in front of you at the moment, and let our story be part of yours.
Cheers,
Blair & Caroline Guthrie, Winemakers
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