US Gnarly Head Lodi California Petite Syrah

VinesToVino Note:    Wow – What a wine, really a surprise, unique, bursting with flavour and very enjoyable.

Gnarly Head wines began with a vision and a vine. In 2004, on a mission to make a serious Zinfandel, winemakers journeyed to Lodi in central California in search of the famed old vine Zinfandel vineyards. Grown in the head-trained, spur-pruned method for over a century, these vigorous gnarled vines produced more ripened red fruit than they had ever seen. They took it as a challenge to create the biggest, boldest Zinfandel they had ever made. The result was authentic, structured wines with a hint of something unexpected. Something Gnarly.

Channeling Gnarly Head’s signature fruit-driven style with concentrated black fruit flavors, Authentic Black is a dark, inky Petite Sirah-based blend designed to stand up to the season’s heartiest dishes. Fruit for this new, limited time only offering was sourced from Lodi, California with choice lots aged on oak for 12 months to craft a smooth, rich blend.

VARIETALS
90% Petite Sirah and 10% red blend.

VINTAGE
2018

TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol 14.5%

APPEARANCE
Purple hue, dark and inky in the glass.

NOSE
True to its name, Gnarly Head Authentic Black opens with brooding aromas of black cherry, black licorice and vanilla providing a powerful entrée to this big, robust Petite Sirah-based blend.

PALATE
Concentrated flavors of boysenberry and dark chocolate are framed by pleasant hints of baking spice on the finish.

AGEING
To accentuate the concentrated fruit flavors and add an extra layer of complexity, the wine is racked on a combination of French and American oak to age for 12 months.

PAIRING
Styled to stand up to the heartiest of dishes, boldly pair this full-bodied wine with venison chili, meat lovers pizza or grilled rib eye steak.

RATINGS

VIVINO 3.8

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