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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ledocq on 7/12/2018 & rated 92 points: Mature. Smothed out, good length, pleasurable, and (I'm pretty sure) it's time to drink up. (1033 views) | | | Tasted by btock on 2/20/2016 & rated 94 points: To go with a cassoulet I my oldest Carlisle in the cellar. Had high expectations as I really enjoyed past bottles of the '01 and '02 of this wine (mostly Unti fruit if I recall correctly) and this one delivered. Great diversity of flavors, black core but not a heavy mouthfeel. Dusty tannins, some grip, but a deft deep floral entry that then leads to dark blue and black fruits. Very good stuff. (1232 views) | | | Tasted by JayAAllen on 12/15/2013 & rated 93 points: What an amazing bottle of wine. Great fruit still popping through this medium bodied, inky purple wine. All the rough edges are gone at 11 years old, with just a hint of cedary cigar box peeking through from the age. Threw off a lot of sediment. Paired exceptionally well with spicy sausage and peppers over cheese filled tortellini. I can't wait to enjoy my one last bottle. (2319 views) | | | Tasted by otisabdul on 7/23/2012 & rated 91 points: Very smooth for a petite sirah. Blueberry and boysenberry fruit, with chocaolate notes and a solid structure and supple mouthfeel feel. Not a huge fan of PS, but this was about as good as it gets for the varietal. (3070 views) | | | Tasted by corkscrews on 6/1/2012 & rated 94 points: A huge nose of dark sweet fruit, dark black in color. A full bodied and rich Petite Sirah, with blueberry, blackberry, chocolate dust, layers of favor, a good kind of sweet long finish. A great wine, worth every cent. (2997 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 8/14/2011 & rated 93 points: Helluva a wine - enjoyed over three days, and the last night was the best. For a petite - very elegant aromas of black fruit, violets, chocolate with star anise. Palate is full bodied but very smooth, round and harmonious. Good juicy acidity and fine tannin frame and provide precision to the medium rich fruit. Velvety on the back end, with a long, penetrating fruit and spice filled finish. Rare to see a petite with this much restraint and polish. (3020 views) | | | Tasted by btock on 10/3/2010 & rated 94 points: Fantastic, a beautiful wine. Petite has the brutish reputation and that's because there's not enough of it made like this. Great integration and depth of flavor. Lipsmacking fruit, very dark in the glass, great stuff. Only 65 cases, I'll hold my one other bottle for a little longer, but knowing how good it is makes it hard to resist. (2647 views) | | | Tasted by RussW on 5/31/2010 & rated 93 points: Wonderful petite that is all about balance. At this stage in it's life the tannins are well integrated. There are loads of black fruit, mostly blackberry with chocolate/cocoa and graham cracker notes. All things I expect in a great petiite. The finish is rich, pure blackberry with sweet tannins and a touch of white pepper. Beautiful, harmonious wine. Bravo Mike!!! (2325 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/17/2010: Just over 2 years since I drank this wine, blind tasting it for Mike O at the winery. Since that time, was able to find one more on Wine Bid, which is fortunate since there is only about 65 cases made. I suspect I won't see this wine again but again this bottle showed great. Given the knock by some on petite that it can be too dense, too syrupy, too hot and over the top, not this wine--really no alcohol to speak of, no raisiny notes, just once again nicely balanced, dark and yet rich. Hint of stone fruit on the nose, black fruits, with some chocolate cherry and drinking terrific, as good as 2 years ago. Note--make sure you decant carefully, as the wine is throwing quite a bit. (1657 views) | | | Tasted by JBD on 2/6/2009 & rated 91 points: Smoothest Petite Syrah I have ever tasted. Paired with a very rich Veal Shank. Excellent. (1903 views) | | | Tasted by greenblanket on 4/6/2008: Four quick tastes at the Carlisle pick up. Goodness gracious! This is dark black silk with delicious dark fruit, exotic spices and ripe, ripe tannin just perfectly woven into a seamless and delicious oneness. (2009 views) | | | Tasted by Frank Murray III on 4/5/2008: The best Carlisle petite tasted to date, only made better by the twist of pouring it blind for Mike @ the winery and seeing his reaction. Aside from setting up The Officer for a laugh, I had the final glass of this wine this morning up in RRV, with the bottle having been open more than 3 days. Full bodied, balanced with milk chocolate, black fruits and perfect weight. Totally resolved and nearly perfect. My one and only bottle and just tremendous so decant or open and let it sit for a few days before enjoying. Lots of sediment so pour carefully. (1973 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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