Behrens Family Winery 2016 The Passenger, 1.5L Magnum - 1 Bottle

The Passenger is a 93% Petite Sirah from three small, up-valley vineyards. Brooding and dark at the core, with aromas of sandalwood, forest floor, and blackberry, the texture is dense yet juicy and mouth-filling. The wine finishes with notes of candied citrus peel, mint, and Asian spice. There is a lot packed in here - we suggest just going along for the ride.

93% Petite Sirah, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon

Cases Produced: 277

Name of Winery: Behrens Family Winery

Bottle Size: 1.5L

Number of Bottles: one

Varietal: Petite Sirah

Appellation: Napa Valley

Behrens Family Winery is a boutique winery in the truest sense. Owned by Les Behrens and Lisa Drinkward, who’ve made wine under the Behrens & Hitchcock label since 1993, Behrens Family Winery produces small lots of six or seven wines a year at its winery perched high on top of Spring Mountain in Napa Valley. Each wine is a low tech labor of love: crushed into one-ton T-bins, punched down by hand, gently transferred to barrel, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. One only has to look at Les and Lisa’s hands during harvest to know their wines are truly “hand-crafted.” The couple also gravitates toward small, interesting and low-yielding vineyard sites, working with growers who they know, like and trust, and who are as obsessive about quality as they are. For Les and Lisa, it’s all about letting the vineyards steal the show and allowing the wines to speak for themselves.

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