2008 Artezin Mendocino County Petite Sirah

One 750ml bottle

Once used primarily as a blending grape to provide color and structure, Petite Sirah has proven it can stand on its own, yielding complex, intense and age-worthy wines. Mendocino County, with its warmer Mediterranean climate, is an ideal location for this varietal. Warm days allow the fruit to ripen fully, producing powerful, richly-flavored wines. This Petite Sirah comes from several vineyards in eastern Ukiah Valley, near Lake Mendocino. 
 
Dark red with purple and violet hues, this wine has bright black fruit aromas of blackberry, cassis and fig. The flavors are similar, with black cherry and hints of blueberry. A rich mouthfeel of chocolate and mocha creates high texture and a lingering aftertaste from the full, round mature tannin profile. Approachable now, this wine has excellent structure for further bottle aging. 

Blackberry, cassis, fig, black cherry, blueberry, chocolate, mocha