Prima Materia Petite Sirah

Tasting notes & discussion 39

Typically $32/bottle from Prima Materia
Vintage, uh, several. It’s a blend of 2016 and 2017 done in 2018.
Harvested in Lake County
Available for AZ; CA; CO; DC; FL; IA; ID; IL; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NE; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; TN; TX; VA; WA; WI; WV; WY
Sold by Prima Materia Winery, fulfilled by Wine Country Connect

About Prima Materia
Prima Materia tackles the crafting of wine like a sort of alchemy, an interaction between the winemaker and the world around them to uncover hidden essences. Celebrating uncommon grapes, like today’s Petite Sirah, Prima Materia crafts incredibly small batches of wine through intensive hands-on and sustainable methods. Unfined, unfiltered, and unique.

Petite Primasirah

TASTING NOTES:
“Blackberry and blueberry jam front and center in classic Petite Sirah fashion, but lurking below are black cherry, rose petals, hibiscus, peppery spice blend and a hint of pomegranate. Ample fine-grained gritty Petite cocoa-and-black-tea tannin on the back palate, and low acid as is the norm, uncluttered by oak sweetness. Like all Prima Materia wines we are focused more on earth and tactile mouthfeel than soft, oaky fruit and hedonistic beverages.” (AbV 14.3%, pH 3.87, 5.6 g/mL)

BARRELS:
“Bin fermentations lasting 13 and 16 for both vintages, a little bit of whole cluster, temperatures kept low to minimize tannin extraction. Pressed dirty into (neutral) barrels and aerated once then returned to barrels and original lees to age.”

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
While in English we use “primavera” to refer to a light vegetable sauce for pastas, primavera actually means “Spring” in several Romance languages, AKA those rooted in Latin. We get ours from the Italian usage, but it also includes Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, and Asturian.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
Burgers, grilled meats and veggies, barbacoa, oxtail pasta.

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
Pasta primavera.

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