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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2023 (based on 11 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jfkwines on 12/4/2023 & rated 91 points: A fine spot for a wine that is supposed to be at the end of it's drinking window. We opened and let breath for about an hour. Muted fruit initally but a nice lush mouth feel. In the glass blueberry showed first and then plums and raspberry. Overall a terrific wine that went well with grilled waygu burgers. I think this wine will hold on for a bit longer but I am not sure it will develop much more in the bottle so drink up (278 views) | | | Tasted by dave kammerer on 5/31/2021 & rated 91 points: drinking perfectly now, much better than the 2014 Carlisle Palisades PS consumed at the same dinner. Tannins resolved, still great fruit, excellent color. (502 views) | | | Tasted by btock on 8/22/2020 & rated 89 points: Leaner, meaner than expected. Took a while to come around. Black/Purple, rigid. Better on night two than night one, but edges still there. Tannins dusty, wasn't that, fruit just leaner. My only bottle from this vintage. Can certainly age further (cuz it's Petite!) but not sure if the fruit will reveal much more or dry out further. (577 views) | | | Tasted by sma on 6/10/2018 & rated 94 points: Removed cork and set on table for 5-10 minutes. Aromas of red and black fruit wafted out of the bottle and made you want to drink it. Soft, balanced, integrated fruit that was not over the top like petites are. Misxture of red, blue and black fruit that was seemless and easy to enjoy. Underlying complexity of soft earth and wood that kept it from being all about the fruit. Glad I have another bottle to drink as this was the best I have tried this year. (927 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 6/2/2018 & rated 90 points: My last bottle and drinking well but think it would have been even better in 5 years. (866 views) | | | Tasted by tomherer on 10/16/2017 & rated 93 points: My first PS from Carlisle. Wasn't sure what to expect. Double whoa. What a gorgeous wine, albeit still at least five years too young. Tannins are fine, but still quite present and grippy. Leather, clay/chalk, blackberry, plums, licorice, asian spices and salty soy, more and more blackberry, raspberry. Nose is huge, fruity, floral. Carlisle can do no wrong. 93 but could easily nudge higher in the coming years. (861 views) | | | Tasted by dsimmons on 10/7/2017 & rated 94 points: Delicious bottle of Petite Sirah. Big fruit, integrated tannin. No rough edges. (902 views) | | | Tasted by kenthargis on 5/25/2017 & rated 87 points: Nothing wrong with this one, but also not as noteworthy as some PS. Small production, dark, inky, not over the top. Tannins all integrated. Darkish fruits. Slight lack of complexity compared to some of their others. Still very enjoyable. (833 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 9/27/2015 & rated 93 points: and the rest of the story (Clos des Papes, Kapcsandy, Bevan, etc) (Around home): Beautiful showing albeit still young. Purple in color. The nose has leather, black raspberries, chalk, and blueberries. Medium tannins. Great texture. Loads of black and blue fruit on the palate. Showing tight layering. Nice balance. Really nice showing for this wine. The last glass was the best. (1718 views) | | | Tasted by DavidDay on 1/13/2014 & rated 90 points: Blueberry, and blackberry aromas and flavors, with hints of chocolate in the background (2107 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 1/27/2013: Opened last night during a dessert course, so there was no real decant then. I wasn't really in too good a shape to write a note anyway at that point (!) so retasting today from the last few ounces left in the bottle from last evening. Dark, although not as dark in color as the 2010 Switchback PS that I poured alongside it. Of the few notes listed below on this wine, I would concur with the comments about both cocoa and dusty tannin--these are spot on. I'd tell you that aromatically I don't sense any heat, consuming this now at about 68 room temp. The palate is a little compact event still, with lots of berry, meltred dark chocolate and some charry oak. Still young and really not all that defined so I'd recommend a hold on this and let it sort out some more. You can consume this now but even with the slow ox I have put on this, it needs more time. (2466 views) | | | Tasted by brigcampbell on 1/26/2013: Dinner with Friends (FMIII in the OC): Pnp, probably not the best way to serve a petite but this showed very well. No apparent heat which PS is fond of kicking off and the dark fruit mixed with vanilla/chocolate/cocoa favors is nice. Paired well with chocolate mousse, both were great! (2654 views) | | | Tasted by pakabear on 12/29/2012 & rated 91 points: Much more toasted oak this time around, still nice cocoa and licorice components with dark dark fruit. Almost an inky component throughout the palate. (2006 views) | | | Tasted by pakabear on 8/14/2012 & rated 92 points: Some cocoa, blackberry and licorice, well balanced palate with some burnt fruit and chocolate with dusty tannins dominating. Very nice wine. (1934 views) |
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Petite Sirah Varietal character (Appellation America) | P.S. I Love You: A Petite Sirah Advocacy Organization
Petite Sirah is a variety of red wine grape grown in France, California, Israel and Australia. Recently, wineries located in Washington State's Yakima Valley, Maryland, Arizona, West Virginia, Mexico, Chile's Colchagua Valley and Maipo Valley, and Ontario's Niagara Peninsula have also produced wines from Petite Sirah grapes. Though developed in France, it is nearly extinct there as of 2002, hanging on in limited plantings in the Isère and Ardêche regions of the Rhône Valley and in Palette, a tiny appellation in Provence. It is the main grape known in the US and Israel as Petite Sirah with over 90% of the California plantings labeled "Petite Sirah" being Durif grapes; the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms recognizes "Durif" and "Petite Sirah" as interchangeable synonyms referring to the same grape. The grape originated as a cross of Syrah pollen germinating a Peloursin plant. On some occasions, Peloursin and Syrah vines may be called Petite Sirah, usually because the varieties are extremely difficult to distinguish in old age.
The 'petite' in the name of this grape refers to the size of its berries and not the vine, which is particularly vigorous. The leaves are large with a bright green upper surface and paler green lower surface. The grape forms tightly packed clusters that can be susceptible to rotting in rainy environments. The small berries creates a high skin to juice ratio which can produce very tannic wines if the juice goes through an extended maceration period. In the presence of new oak barrels the wine can develop an aroma of melted chocolate.
Petite Sirah produces dark, inky colored wines that are relatively acidic with firm texture and mouth feel. The bouquet has herbal and black pepper overtones, with plum and blackberry flavors on the palate. Compared to Syrah, the wine is noticeably more dark and purplish in color. The wines are very tannic with aging ability that can eclipse 20 years in the bottle.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyDry Creek Valley Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley | Dry Creek Valley Association | Appellation America | San Francisco Chronicle Article |
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