Stags’ Leap Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2018

Continuing the same time-honored techniques that have made Petite Sirah one of our winery’s staples, Winemaker Christophe Paubert practiced simple and traditional methods to show the uniqueness of the Petite Sirah fruit. Avoiding overextraction, the wine went through a relatively short maceration period (9-12 days on average) that included fermentation. The wine aged for 14 months in American oak barrels (25% new). The final blend included small amounts of Syrah, Grenache and other mixed Rhone varietals to bring further complexity to the finished wine