Bedrock "Drummond's Cuvee" Dry Creek Valley Petite Sirah 2019

Having been raised on great, long-lived wines like 1970s Freemark Abbey and Ridge York Creek Petite Sirah, the grape has always been near and dear to my heart. And though I always wanted to make one, the right vineyards never really surfaced to make my dream a reality. Drummond's Cuvée, named for J.H. Drummond, who introduced Petite Sirah to California in the early 1880s at his Kenwood nursery, is our love letter to this chameleon-like variety (well, maybe a chameleon that can only turn various shades of dark). The 2019 comes entirely from the single old-vine Petite Sirah block at Teldeschi Ranch on the Dry Creek Bench. Here, the 100+ year old Pets is field blended with small amounts of Cinsault, Peloursin, Carignan and Vaccarese, all of whom contribute some elegance and perfume to the variety’s natural extensity and propensity towards density of dimensity. This is delicious Petite Sirah and actually a bit more civil than one might expect from the variety.