Petite Sirah
E72466
Petite Sirah is a dark, full-bodied red wine grape variety known for its intense color, firm tannins, and rich, spicy flavors, often used in robust varietal wines and blends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petite Sirah canonical | 28 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T570972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petite Sirah Context triple: [Howell Mountain AVA, knownFor, Petite Sirah]
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A.
Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot is a deeply colored, tannic red wine grape variety from Bordeaux, valued for adding structure, color, and floral-spice complexity to blends.
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B.
Syrah
Syrah is a dark-skinned wine grape variety known for producing full-bodied red wines with rich dark fruit flavors, peppery spice, and firm tannins, widely grown in regions such as the Rhône Valley, Australia, and parts of the Americas.
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C.
Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a robust, fruit-forward red wine grape variety widely associated with bold, spicy wines produced in California.
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D.
Merlot
Merlot is a popular red wine grape variety known for producing smooth, medium- to full-bodied wines with soft tannins and flavors of plum, black cherry, and chocolate.
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E.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned wine grape variety known for producing medium-bodied, aromatic red wines and for being a key parent of several major Bordeaux grapes, including Cabernet Sauvignon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petite Sirah Target entity description: Petite Sirah is a dark, full-bodied red wine grape variety known for its intense color, firm tannins, and rich, spicy flavors, often used in robust varietal wines and blends.
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A.
Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot is a deeply colored, tannic red wine grape variety from Bordeaux, valued for adding structure, color, and floral-spice complexity to blends.
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B.
Syrah
Syrah is a dark-skinned wine grape variety known for producing full-bodied red wines with rich dark fruit flavors, peppery spice, and firm tannins, widely grown in regions such as the Rhône Valley, Australia, and parts of the Americas.
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C.
Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a robust, fruit-forward red wine grape variety widely associated with bold, spicy wines produced in California.
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D.
Merlot
Merlot is a popular red wine grape variety known for producing smooth, medium- to full-bodied wines with soft tannins and flavors of plum, black cherry, and chocolate.
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E.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is a black-skinned wine grape variety known for producing medium-bodied, aromatic red wines and for being a key parent of several major Bordeaux grapes, including Cabernet Sauvignon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Vitis vinifera cultivar
ⓘ
red wine grape ⓘ wine grape variety ⓘ |
| agingPotential | long-term cellaring ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Durif ⓘ |
| breeder | François Durif ⓘ |
| breedingCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| colorOfWine | red ⓘ |
| createdByCrossing |
Peloursin
ⓘ
Syrah ⓘ |
| foodPairing |
barbecue
ⓘ
braised dishes ⓘ grilled meats ⓘ strong cheeses ⓘ |
| hasAcidity | medium-high acidity ⓘ |
| hasAlcoholLevel | medium-high alcohol ⓘ |
| hasAroma |
dark fruit
ⓘ
spice ⓘ violet ⓘ |
| hasBody | full-bodied ⓘ |
| hasColor |
deep purple
ⓘ
intense color ⓘ |
| hasFlavor |
black pepper
ⓘ
blackberry ⓘ blueberry ⓘ chocolate ⓘ licorice ⓘ plum ⓘ spice ⓘ |
| hasTanninLevel | high tannin ⓘ |
| hasTannins | firm tannins ⓘ |
| majorProductionCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Israel ⓘ Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| majorProductionRegion |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Central Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Central Valley (California)
North Coast of California ⓘ
surface form:
North Coast (California)
|
| originCountry | France ⓘ |
| originRegion | Rhône Valley ⓘ |
| synonymInFrance | Durif ⓘ |
| synonymInUS | Petite Sirah self-link ⓘ |
| typicalStyle |
ageworthy
ⓘ
robust ⓘ |
| usedFor |
blended wines
ⓘ
varietal wines ⓘ |
| usedInBlendWith |
Cabernet Sauvignon
ⓘ
Syrah ⓘ Zinfandel ⓘ |
| wineStyleDescriptor |
rich
ⓘ
spicy ⓘ tannic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Petite Sirah Description of subject: Petite Sirah is a dark, full-bodied red wine grape variety known for its intense color, firm tannins, and rich, spicy flavors, often used in robust varietal wines and blends.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Howell Mountain AVA
subject surface form:
Rockpile AVA
subject surface form:
Durif