Lambert Bridge Winery

Winery Ranch

Dry Creek Valley

100% Petite Sirah

This Petite Sirah from our estate is quite the treat! It is full bodied and robust with ripe yet subtle tannins and an intense inky black color. The ripe fruit of boysenberry jam, cassis and currant is softened by the soft sweetness of dark chocolate brownie, nutmeg, and cinnamon. This wine is expressive with great acidity and a soft creamy finish that offers an elegance that is not ordinarily found in this varietal.

This wine is a symbiotic balance of fruit, acid and tannin, promising at least 5-8 years of aging potential in ideal conditions. With additional bottle aging you will see the tannins soften and some deep cocoa flavors develop.

Petite Sirah pairs well with BBQ’d baby back ribs, grilled marinated portobello mushrooms or Vella Cheese Company’s mezzo secco or dry jack.

Several Suggested Recipes

• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Patrice's Baby Back Ribs
• Liberty Duck Carnitas with New Mexican Chili Salsa
• Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Balsamic Sauce
• Grilled Pork Chops with Peach BBQ Sauce
• Charcoal Grilled Double Cut Lamb Chops
• Barbecued Baby Back Ribs

Winery Ranch

Dry Creek Valley

100% Petite Sirah

From our own Winery Ranch Vineyard, we harvest and produce this gem of a wine in small lots…only 308 cases for the 2007 vintage!

Petite Sirah can often be a monstrous wine, dark, inky and scary. Not so here! We carefully manage the flavor development and tannin structure on the vine so that at harvest we have fully mature fruit, full of flavor with ripe tannins. After a very early morning of precise hand-picking, we carefully hand sort each of the berries keeping only those that are perfectly colored and textured. After sorting, we employed whole-berry fermentation for 30% of the fruit…a very gentle process which yields maximum flavor coupled with a more manageable tannin profile. In the end, and we think you will agree, the effort is worth the prize!

If asked for just a few words to describe this wine: Intensity, complexity, structure, and elegance are the signature descriptors of this classic wine.

This is a masculine wine that deftly balances its weight with polished and seamless structure alongside dark fruit. Aromas of blueberry, dried flowers, juicy blackberry and dark spice present in a symphony of delight. While you will enjoy lingering over the bouquet, once you take the plunge and taste you will encounter a very focused wine that delivers flavors of boysenberry, pomegranate, and further dark spices with hints of tobacco leaf and leather. Firm, chewy tannins indicate the massive power and aging potential of this wine with juiciness that makes it an excellent match with rich foods.

Several Suggested Recipes

• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Patrice's Baby Back Ribs
• Liberty Duck Carnitas with New Mexican Chili Salsa
• Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Balsamic Sauce
• Grilled Pork Chops with Peach BBQ Sauce
• Charcoal Grilled Double Cut Lamb Chops
• Barbecued Baby Back Ribs

Winery Ranch

Dry Creek Valley

100% Petite Sirah

Location, location, location!

Our entire Petite Sirah program is from a small 1.6 acre vineyard conveniently located right across the street from the winery. Of course, this means that it receives a lot of careful attention from the winemakers which is obvious to everyone from the very first sip.

The small, tightly packed clusters of Petite Sirah hold small black berries which give this wine it’s intense, amazing color. The high percentage of whole berry fermentation gives layers of complexity without over extraction of tannins. Careful handling of the grapes between the vineyard and the tank and attention to pressing, are essential in producing the “gentle giant” of our red wine program.

The 2008 Petite Sirah is inky black in color with sweet, powerful tannins and serious, dark fruit. Like a flower opening, decanting prior to serving releases aromas of black plum, truffles, and exotic spices and allows the complexity of this wine to shine.

Several Suggested Recipes

• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Smoked Pork Calzone with Teleme & Roasted Chile Salsa
• Patrice's Baby Back Ribs
• Liberty Duck Carnitas with New Mexican Chili Salsa
• Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry Balsamic Sauce
• Grilled Pork Chops with Peach BBQ Sauce
• Charcoal Grilled Double Cut Lamb Chops
• Barbecued Baby Back Ribs