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 Vintage2008 Label 1 of 30 
TypeRed
ProducerConcannon Vineyard (web)
VarietyPetite Sirah
DesignationCaptain Joe's
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionSan Francisco Bay
AppellationLivermore Valley
UPC Code(s)081908641274

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2016 (based on 33 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 30 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by trifecta on 1/21/2018: Drinking really well right now. Tannins are rich, but fully resolved. Long finish. Plenty of sediment, so pour slowly and don't disturb your bottle. Used the ah-so, but the cork was still in good shape. This could likely hold a bit longer, but I'd drink up while it's in a good place. This is from the era when concannon still made quality wine, not the mass produced plonk they shill now. (1998 views)
 Tasted by Livermore Dan on 10/8/2016 & rated 89 points: Classic Petite with deep color and long lasting finish. (926 views)
 Tasted by Button77 on 4/20/2014 & rated 84 points: Flavors of cherry, black pepper and chocolate. Deep tannins with overtones of spice and earth. Good for value (1622 views)
 Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 10/4/2013 & rated 91 points: Opaque purple red violet color; black fruit cream, light smoke, blackberry, coconut nose; tight, focused, tar, roasted black fruit, meaty, blackberry, coconut, toasted coconut palate with firm, sweet tannins; long finish (17 months in American and French oak) (217 views)
 Tasted by Rezy13 on 3/2/2013: Black color with thin purple rim; nose of dark chocolate, plum, blackberry compote, and a hint of vanilla; structured and big but soft tannin with a fresh finish. Very good. (1568 views)
 Tasted by Darkhorse Dan on 2/23/2013 & rated 90 points: Complex flavors, a good mustiness and fruit and alcohol. Like it
The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Long. (3764 views)
 Tasted by kungfubaby on 12/29/2012 & rated 87 points: What you would expect (3538 views)
 Tasted by rjonwine@gmail.com on 7/31/2012 & rated 89 points: 10th Annual Petite Sirah Symposium & Tasting (Martinelli Event Center & Concannon Vineyard, Livermore, California): Opaque purple red violet color; tart black fruit, violets nose; tart black fruit, violets palate; medium-plus finish (aged 17 mos in French and American oak; 15% alcohol, pH 3.64) (2320 views)
 Tasted by lebo9968@gmail.com on 4/5/2012 & rated 92 points: Very dark purple, almost black in color. Nose and palate to match. Deep dark fruits; plum, tar, tobacco. (1517 views)
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By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/4/2013)
(Concannon Vineyard Petite Sirah Captain Joe's) Opaque purple red violet color; black fruit cream, light smoke, blackberry, coconut nose; tight, focused, tar, roasted black fruit, meaty, blackberry, coconut, toasted coconut palate with firm, sweet tannins; long finish (17 months in American and French oak)  91 points
By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/31/2012)
(Concannon Vineyard Petite Sirah Captain Joe's) Opaque purple red violet color; tart black fruit, violets nose; tart black fruit, violets palate; medium-plus finish (aged 17 mos in French and American oak; 15% alcohol, pH 3.64)  89 points
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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.

USA

American 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.

California

2021 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

 
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