2018 Padre &
Figlio
Estate Grown
Shenandoah Valley, CA
Winemaker's Notes:
Our Gallery Collection wines are carefully crafted from our
very best estate grown grapes, receiving extra care and attention throughout
the winemaking process. The barrels are selected to ensure that a Gallery
Collection Wine is the very best expression of varietal character and Sierra
Foothill terroir.
This is our third vintage of "Padre & Figlio". Our
first vintage was made from our 2006 production and the second vintage was
2015. "Padre & Figlio", which
translates from Italian as "Father and Son", is a blend of Syrah and Petite
Sirah. Petite Sirah, or Durif in France,
is the result of a cross between the obscure French variety Peloursin with
Syrah. Therefore, in this wine Syrah is
the father and Petite Sirah, the son.
The fruit was harvested at the optimum level of
ripeness. The wine was made in our one
of a kind "Submerged Cap Fermentation Tank" that enables maximum extraction
without aggressive treatment of the cap.
This results full body wine that are elegant and lacking astringency. The wine was aged for two years in select
French barrels.
Inky dark purple in color the wine has a dense nose of dark
fruit mixed with savory, earthy and smoky aromas. These flavors continue to the
palate and to the long finish adding sage, black olive, and vanilla. The wine has a structured acidity that balances
the chewy tannins
