2006 Outpost Howell Mountain Petite Sirah "The Other" Napa Valley
| Release Date | March 2009 |
| Appellation | Howell Mountain elev. 2200 feet above the Napa Valley floor |
| Winemaker | Thomas Rivers Brown |
| Varietal composition | 100% Petite Sirah, all from our estate |
| Production | 185 cases |
| Alcohol | 15.3% |
| Cooperage | 50% new French oak barrels 50% 1 year-old French oak barrels |
Winemakers Notes
It's hard to quantify [The Other's] massiveness year in and year out. All versions are big, some bigger than others with maybe this as the biggest to date. Sounds kind of scary actually but there's plenty of fruit to buffer the structure and a surprising amount of richness right as you think the tannic clamp down is coming. Bacon fat, black fruits, lavender and wet stones dominate.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Tasting Notes
90+
"Outpost has not overlooked one of the most underrated varietals in California, Petite Sirah. Their 2006 [Other] is massive, broodingly backward, and forebodingly purple-colored, dense wine that reveals scary levels of concentration and extract."
