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| Drinking window: Drink between 2005 and 2009 (based on 6 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 84.6 pts. and median of 85 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by BeaverBob on 10/13/2013 & rated 86 points: Opened for one hour and then decanted. Dark cherries and some spice.
Dark in color, really a soft smooth tasting wine. Still have one left, hurray. (1554 views) | | | Tasted by MCrawford on 7/2/2009 & rated 88 points: Laying down for 3 years has certainly improved this wine. I decanted almost 2 hours before pouring a glass, but could smell the sour cherry, plum aromas the whole time it sat on the table. Same dark, inky color as before, tannins are smooth, but there's still some heat through the mid-palate. Cherry, blackberry and white pepper... a slight spice. Actually, quite enjoyable, pity its my last one. (2177 views) | | | Tasted by GrandeSerataFuori on 3/15/2007 & rated 85 points: Seems like a wine that could've been $30 and made me cranky to have coughed it up. Pretty magenta, but not too dense. I was intrigued by the smell, even though there was quite a bit of alcohol - also had some nice red cherry, blueberry and a little chocolate. The first sip was troubling though - mostly alcohol and tannins - not much flavor and an uninspiring finish. Dumped into the decanter for and hour - didnt change too much, but did lose some of the alcohol in the nose and grew a little softer. Reminded me a little of one of the more sweet Ojai Syrahs, just not as good. (2867 views) | | | Tasted by DocSkinner on 3/13/2007 & rated 80 points: Okay wine - nothing spectacular - but when you pay this amount....
kinda sad that "californias first Petite" can only be referenced to who made it, not quality. (2945 views) | | | Tasted by 5laton on 2/1/2007: Big, ripe estery syrah-like nose of sweet cherry with some cocoa and raisin. Big in the mouth with ripe cherry and blackberry, toast, black pepper, and lots of chewy tannins. Maybe a bit hollow on the midpalate. Could easily go a few more years. I don't love it, but it's good QPR for the style. (2956 views) | | | Tasted by Zinister on 11/27/2006 & rated 85 points: Pours a deep garnet color. Cherry and blackberry notes with low tannins. A bit acidic. I've found this wine tastes better with food...peppery steaks or bbq is my preference. (2023 views) | | | Tasted by gareth on 8/26/2006: Drank @ Silver Sands with Sarah & Joel. Very nice. (2005 views) | | | Tasted by win on 8/15/2006 & rated 88 points: Nice smell of cherries, which overwhelmed what I thought was a hint of raisin. This wine's aroma made me expect great things, but the flavors did not come through and were somewhat disappointing in their overall intensity and depth. Nice, very good wine, but not as complex as the color and aroma would lead one to believe. 86-88 (1890 views) | | | Tasted by Squeeze on 8/2/2006 & rated 82 points: Pleasant inexpensive drinking, maybe a little boring, no complexity, but for $8 on sale at Albertson's not bad, not worth the original $14 (2013 views) | | | Tasted by felthove on 3/26/2006 & rated 82 points: decent but a bit tannic and lacking in fruit or character. No noticable flaws but nothing too appealing, either (2447 views) | | | Tasted by MWes on 3/25/2006 & rated 84 points: Nothing too complex here. I thought this wine was good, but nothing special. It was like drinking toast with grape jelly.
Actually was better the 2nd night. Some the over powering fruit flavor was gone and you could taste hints of oak. Changed the score from an 83 to an 84 (2496 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 3/12/2006 & rated 89 points: Typical for PS. Dark, brooding wine, with notes of plum and some heat. Plenty of dark fruit, structured, with drying tannins. (2428 views) | | | Tasted by Noto Bene on 3/5/2006 & rated 85 points: Very inky and dark. Nose of blackberry and cherry & black pepper. That came thru on the taste, but a little too much iodine and mineral taste for me. Some decent tannins that would pull thru with a nice steak with a peppercorn sauce. (2637 views) | | | Tasted by mstrickland on 2/20/2006 & rated 80 points: Smelled delicious, tasted sour (1113 views) | | | Tasted by GlenD on 2/1/2006 & rated 86 points: Pleasant weeknight wine. Dark red fruit, medium concentration, low tannin. Tasty with tacos. (2572 views) | | | Tasted by MCrawford on 12/6/2005 & rated 86 points: Inky purple in color. The nose seems a little faint although, Petite Sirah varietal is not one I've had a lot of experience with. Plenty of cherry and blackberry throughout with a nice smooth, medium bodied finish. Came back to it 2 days later, but things have dimmed slightly. Will have to try more Petites as a comparison. (2742 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Concannon Vineyard Producer website
Concannon Vineyards was founded in 1883 in Livermore, California and is a registered historical site. They were the first to bottle a varietal petite sirah in 1961. Owned by conglomerate The Wine Group, the Concannon family, including patriarch Jim Concannon, is still involved in running the winery, which produces several tens of thousands of cases a year.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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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