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What
is the difference between Petite Sirah and Syrah?
Question submitted by Christine Brown
Petite
Sirah is a cross between 2 other red grapes : Syrah and Peloursin.
Petite
Sirah is also called Durif.
Petite
Sirah mainly grow in California and in Australia. Originally
from France, the grape is not used there any more.
Petite
Sirah gives dark wine with flavors of black pepper.
Syrah
- notice the Y instead of the I - is a popular and traditional
red grape from the Rhone Valley in France. This red grape
is called Shiraz in Australia, South Africa and sometimes
in the US.
Syrah
gives full body and powerful wine, able to mature and age
for a long time with flavors of chocolate and black berry.
Peloursin
is originally a red grape from the Rhone Valley but could
not find any more there. It still grows in a few vineyards
in California and Australia.
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