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| Drinking window: Drink between 2020 and 2026 (based on 48 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.3 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Laz4wine on 6/10/2023 & rated 89 points: Tasty match for smoked peppery ribs, seems to have a few more years of life in the tank. (186 views) | | | Tasted by O’Duinn on 4/1/2022 & rated 88 points: Decanted, moderate sediment, dark rich purple red color, after 30 minutes breathing have grape in the nose and grape in mouth with tannin around the edge, so can breathe some more. 60 minutes - softened tannins and full flavor including lingering finish - grape rules! (258 views) | | | Tasted by Southbound on 12/1/2021: Really great value (297 views) | | | Tasted by Nappy1961 on 1/25/2020: Diane liked at Cru Clear Fork (697 views) | | | Tasted by Pinkerton on 8/19/2018 & rated 89 points: Dark inky purple. Dark fruit and baking spice. Good stuff. Age another few years (988 views) |
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Another memorable harvest down memory lane. If I have to describe it with one word, intense is what comes to mind. The last similar vintage was 1997 when everything ripened a the same time and there was a lot of it! This harvest was the biggest in the history of Trentadue as far as total grapes made to wine. The quality of all varieties was outstanding.
Named for the original 1896 plantings, our Old Patch Red has remained the all time favorite among legions of Trentadue fans for over three decades.
The 2012 Old Patch Red Lot 38 is predominately Zin blended with Syrah, Carignane and Petite Sirah, resulting in a very fruity yet complex Rhone-like wine. The wine has dark red color with intense black aromas, blueberries and cherry cola as an immediate impression. With aeration nuances of ripe plums, vanilla, maple and cocoa are showing with a slight dose of oak and toast. On the mouth, the wine is fresh and juicy with youthful brightness, finishing long and fruity. This is a wine that will drink well with a variety of foods but it is also very enjoyable on it’s own. Our 2012 Old Patch Red Lot 38 is delicious now but it will reward your patience with 2-3 years of aging.
Technical Notes
Varietal
76% Zinfandel, 6% Petite Sirah, 3% Syrah, 5% Carignane
Appellation North Coast
Production 4621 Cases
Bottled August 2014
Alcohol 14.2%
RS .3%
pH 3.76
Total Acid .52/100ml
Winemaker Miro Tcholakov
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 CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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