Stags' Leap Winery • Napa Valley, California
Stags’ Leap Winery’s Petite Sirah is one of Napa Valley’s benchmark expressions of the grape, drawing on the estate’s lo…Stags’ Leap Winery’s Petite Sirah is one of Napa Valley’s benchmark expressions of the grape, drawing on the estate’s long heritage with heritage Petite Sirah vines in the dramatic, rocky Stags Leap District. Typically full-bodied yet polis…Learn More »
$45
/750ml
2020 Retail Average
92
/100
2020 Pro Rating
In this 2020 release, Stags' Leap Winery Petite Sirah comes across as a powerful, brooding red packed with saturated blackberry and blueberry fruit wrapped in dark chocolate, sweet baking spices and a touch of savory earth. The palate is dense and firmly framed, with serious tannins that clamp down on the finish yet leave a long trail of black fruit and cocoa behind. Built for patience, it promises far more complexity once those structural edges soften with time.
Smoked beef short ribs; Grilled lamb chops with rosemary; Black pepper-crusted venison
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Stags’ Leap Winery’s Petite Sirah is one of Napa Valley’s benchmark expressions of the grape, drawing on the estate’s long heritage with heritage Petite Sirah vines in the dramatic, rocky Stags Leap District. Typically full-bodied yet polished, it marries dense dark-berry and plum fruit with notes of cocoa, spice and dried flowers, framed by firm but refined tannins that make it both satisfying young and well-suited to aging. This wine captures the tension of the estate’s terroir—warm, radiating rock faces and cooling bay breezes—yielding a pow…