Tasting Notes

The 2020 Francis Coppola Reserve Petite Sirah revisits fruit from the Bevill-Wolcott Vineyard in Dry Creek Valley. The wine is savory, dark, and brooding, with inky concentration and tantalizing aromas of black fruit, dry-cured olives, and pipe tobacco. Rich flavors of blackberry pie, cigar box, and mocha create decadent layers of powerful flavor. Petite Sirah is renowned for its intense color and firm tannins, making it a valuable blending tool in the winery, but the Bevill-Wollcott Vineyard’s savory notes and subtle black fruit make it a standout and an age-worthy single vineyard bottling.