2014 “Elevation” Petite Sirah Howell Mountain black pepper

black pepper

As it turned out

You mostly try to stay out of the way

this site has been farming Zinfandel the old way for decades — dry-farmed

but there is plenty of depth and a ton of personality to go along with it all

2014 “Elevation” Petite Sirah Howell Mountain black pepperStarting with the 2012 vintage, we added the name Elevation to our Howell Mountain Petite Sirah label. We want to bring attention to the fact that the grapes for this wine are grown between 1800 2100 feet elevation on Howell Mountain. We also began moving toward a blended wine, adding some Zinfandel from the Green and Red vineyard in Chiles Valley to the east of us. 95 points, Vinous "The 2014 Petite Sirah (Howell Mountain) is another drop dead