Snce he started as winemaker at Stags' Leap Winery in 1988, Robert Brittan has been on a crusade to identify and reproduce the varied clonal selection that exists in the old field-blend Petite Syrah blocks. In 1990, as part of his research, he made separate plantings of some of the varietals to study them and determine what they each contributed to the Petite Syrah blend. Brittan has been making a Syrah ever since.By 1997 the vines had enough age, the vintage was excellent and Robert Brittan had ...