La Cetto Petite Syrah Barrique

La Cetto Petite Syrah Barrique from Baja California, Mexico. A fantastic red wine with purple tones and hints of stewed red fruit. The tannins are soft and beautifully integrated in a balanced relationship with the soft fruitiness. 100% petite syrah that has matured for 18 months in oak. A beautiful wine in combination with fine meat dishes such as chateaubriand.

There are as many misunderstandings about few grape varieties as there is about Petit Syrah. In some parts of France this refers to a clone of a smaller variety of Syrah grapes, but the Petit Syrah has nothing to do with Syrah. In California, the grapes were wrongly equated with Syrah in the past. For a long time, the Petit Syrah seemed to be a cross between the French Peloursin grape and Durif. Later this also turned out to be incorrect. The Petit-Syrah turns out to be a separate species. It produces herbaceous, very dark colored wines. Perhaps the “pepper” taste is reminiscent of the “real” Syrah. In California, beautiful rustic wines are made from it and it is used in blends.