2003 | Robert Foley Wines | Petite Sirah

Lots of exotic spice, wood and hazelnut aromas lead to a rich, supple, polished core of harmonious wild berry and blackberry fruit. It's so refined and elegant you'll be surprised that this is a Petite Sirah, though the tannins on the finish will remind you of this grape's chewy personality.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: Shows true Pet character in the black color, huge tannins, softness, extremely ripe fruit, and obvious ageability. Everything is superrefined, working at its top level. Blackberries, black cherries, blueberries, creme de cassis, coffee, sweet leather and oak flavors all mingle in a complex wine that loves beef. Drink now through 2020.

• Wine Advocate: The 2003 Petite Sirah is a classic. Opaque purple to the rim, with a big, sweet nose of blackberries, white flowers, crushed rocks, vanilla, and smoke, ferociously tannic but enormously concentrated and extracted, this wine needs 5-6 years of bottle age and will handsomely repay two decades of aging.

Producer Information

Robert Foley Wines is a Californian wine producer located in the Howell Mountain AVA (American Viticultural Area) in the Napa Valley. Proprietor Robert Foley is a renowned winemaker—one of a select few that has been producing wine in the region since the 1970s. The flagship wine of the Robert Foley portfolio in the Claret, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. After hand-picked grapes arrive in the winery, fermentation takes place in stainless steel prior to barrel-aging in French oak. Claret will happily cellar for a couple of decades. Other wines in the collection are primarily big, rich reds from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. There is also some less common varietal wines from the area including Petite Sirah and Charbono. Robert Foley Wines owns an estate vineyard on Howell Mountain planted to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Foley sources grapes from a number of growers in the Napa Valley, focusing on fruit from hillside locations with well-draining soils.

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