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P .S. I Love You my love affair with a sultry brunette bombshell Greg Cook AWS Tasting Feb 21, 2009 Advocacy Organization www.psiloveyou.org Petite Sirah Dark and Mysterious It certainly isnt petite and its not quite Syrah PS name


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P .S. I Love You

my love affair with a sultry brunette bombshell Greg Cook AWS Tasting Feb 21, 2009 Advocacy Organization www.psiloveyou.org

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Petite Sirah

Dark and Mysterious It certainly isn’t petite and it’s not quite Syrah

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PS name confusion

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PS name confusion

  • ‘True’ syrah came to CA in 1878 and it was

called petite syrah due to its small berries.

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PS name confusion

  • ‘True’ syrah came to CA in 1878 and it was

called petite syrah due to its small berries.

  • In 1884 the Durif grape was imported from

France and it was named as petite sirah.

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PS name confusion

  • ‘True’ syrah came to CA in 1878 and it was

called petite syrah due to its small berries.

  • In 1884 the Durif grape was imported from

France and it was named as petite sirah.

  • Most of the ‘true’ syrah was destroyed by

phyloxera in the 1890’s

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PS name confusion

  • ‘True’ syrah came to CA in 1878 and it was

called petite syrah due to its small berries.

  • In 1884 the Durif grape was imported from

France and it was named as petite sirah.

  • Most of the ‘true’ syrah was destroyed by

phyloxera in the 1890’s

  • After 1897 something called petite sirah

was replanted all over CA and was probably durif.

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PS History in America

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PS History in America

  • Early in the California wine industry a

number of dark red grapes were called PS

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PS History in America

  • Early in the California wine industry a

number of dark red grapes were called PS

  • Long used as a blending grape for

‘Burgundy’

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PS History in America

  • Early in the California wine industry a

number of dark red grapes were called PS

  • Long used as a blending grape for

‘Burgundy’

  • Interest in sorting out PS from other

grapes began in 1960’s and 1970’s when varietals started appearing on labels

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Durif

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Durif

  • 1970’s Paul Truel, a French ampelographer,

suggested PS was the same as the French durif grape.

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Durif

  • 1970’s Paul Truel, a French ampelographer,

suggested PS was the same as the French durif grape.

  • In France, durif was not a major varietal

and mainly used in blending.

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Durif

  • 1970’s Paul Truel, a French ampelographer,

suggested PS was the same as the French durif grape.

  • In France, durif was not a major varietal

and mainly used in blending.

  • Durif was thought to be only good for

making ‘ordinary’ wines.

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What is Durif?

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What is Durif?

  • Durif was thought to be just a selection of

the peloursin grape and was not considered to have any syrah in it.

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What is Durif?

  • Durif was thought to be just a selection of

the peloursin grape and was not considered to have any syrah in it.

  • Dr. Carole Meredith conducted DNA

testing in the 1990’s

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What is Durif?

  • Durif was thought to be just a selection of

the peloursin grape and was not considered to have any syrah in it.

  • Dr. Carole Meredith conducted DNA

testing in the 1990’s

  • By 1996 for 7 vines in the UC Davis

collection she found:

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What is Durif?

  • Durif was thought to be just a selection of

the peloursin grape and was not considered to have any syrah in it.

  • Dr. Carole Meredith conducted DNA

testing in the 1990’s

  • By 1996 for 7 vines in the UC Davis

collection she found:

  • 4 durif, 1 true syrah, 1 peloursin, 1 pinot

noir

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What is Durif?

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What is Durif?

  • Most of the PS grown on the North

Coast today was found to be durif.

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What is Durif?

  • Most of the PS grown on the North

Coast today was found to be durif.

  • Dr. Meredith discovered Durif is actually

a combination of Peloursin that was crossed with Syrah.

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What is Durif?

  • Most of the PS grown on the North

Coast today was found to be durif.

  • Dr. Meredith discovered Durif is actually

a combination of Peloursin that was crossed with Syrah.

  • Durif was selected by a breeder in

Montpellier in the 1880’s as a powdery mildew resistant variety.

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PS Qualities

  • Small compact berries

with high skin/juice ratio

  • Dark inky color
  • Highly tannic
  • Relativiely acidic with

herbal and black pepper components and dark fruits