The Wines

VDR proudly diverges from the status quo with a nontraditional, sweeter-style Red Blend headlined by Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot – two grape varietals known for their extraordinarily deep violet hues, concentrated flavors, and full-bodied profiles. Our Cabernet Sauvignon leads with the complexity and structure you expect from the king of grapes, but reveals successive, nuanced layers from the addition of PS and PV.

With big tannins, intense color, and distinctive taste profiles, Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot are most commonly utilized in small amounts to bolster certain aspects of blends that are lacking in structure, color, flavor, and even personality. Viewed by many winemakers as the pinch hitters of winemaking, we see these power players through a completely different lens – a lens in which they aren’t a backup plan, but rather the all-stars that define our wine styles, our namesake, and our moxie.