Pacific Point Wine Tasting Club - Petite Sirah Night

Union City, CA
Tasted Thursday, May 3, 2012 by Martin Redmond with 684 views

Introduction

Nice selection with 3 from Sonoma, 2 each from Napa, and Paso Robles along with Mendocino, Livermore, and Santa Clara Valley.

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 2008 Guglielmo Petite Sirah Private Reserve 88 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Clara Valley

    Dark ruby color with fruit mixed berry, slight floral and intriguing Indian spice aromas. On the palate it's light-bodied, and well balanced with dark cherry, raspberry, cassis, and a hint of semi-sweet chocolate flavors. Short finish. The more time I spent with this one the more I liked it. 13.2% alcohol. $25 Retail 405 cases produced

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Flight 3 (1 Note)

  • 2008 Concannon Vineyard Petite Sirah Conservancy 86 Points

    USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Livermore Valley

    inky violet color with earthy, sweet oak, dark fruit, and slight cocoa aromas. On the palate it's medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins well behaved tannins and masculine blackberry and mineral flavors. Short finish. Aged in French and American oak. 13.5% alcohol. $15 Retail. 6,000 cases produced

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Flight 4 (1 Note)

  • 2008 Pedroncelli Petite Sirah 87 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley

    inky purple color with aromatic dark fruit, smoked meat and clove aromas. On the palate it's medium-bodied, with grippy tannins, and tart-ish blackberry, mineral flavors. Short finish 13.8% alcohol. $16 Retail. 96% Petite Sirah/4% Zinfandel. Aged in French and American Oak

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Flight 6 (1 Note)

  • 2009 Rock Wall Wine Co. Petite Sirah Gamble Ranch 89 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford

    Inky violet color with dark fruit, floral, earthy, and slight oak aromas. On the palate, it's full-bodied, and slightly tannic with blackberry cobbler, vanilla spice, and cocoa flavors. Medium finish. 15% alcohol. Retail $35 Aged in French and American oak. 291 cases produced

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Flight 7 (1 Note)

  • 2008 Field Stone Petite Sirah Staten Family Reserve 90 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley

    Inky violet color with fruity mixed dark berry, dried herb and vanilla aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied, slightly tannic, and nervy with blackberry, black cherry, and a bit of bittersweet chocolate flavors. Medium finish. Aged 20 months in American oak. Truly old vine - vineyard planted in 1894! 15.5 % alcohol. Retail $35. 636 cases produced.

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Flight 8 (1 Note)

  • 2007 Barra of Mendocino Petite Sirah Mendocino 90 Points

    USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino

    Inky black purple color with mixed dark fruit, and licorice aroma. On the palate it's medium bodied and balanced with well behaved tannins, and tart-ish blackberry cassis, mineral and vanilla flavors. Medium plus finish. Aged in 100% French oak, 20% new. 13.5% alcohol. Retail $22. 390 cases produced 96% Petite Sirah/4% Zinfandel

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Flight 9 (1 Note)

  • 2010 Redtree Petite Sirah 86 Points

    USA, California

    Inky purple black color with earthy, baked dark fruit aromas. On the palate it's light-bodied, smooth, and fruity, with blackberry vanilla flavors. Short finish. 12.5% alcohol. $8 Retail. 3,416 cases produced. Great price-performance, especially for P.S.!

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Flight 10 (1 Note)

  • 2009 Vina Robles Petite Sirah Estate 89 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

    Inky violet color with dark fruit, spice, dried herb, and a hint of chocolate aromas. On the palate it's medium/full-bodied and supple with blackberry, black cherry, and spice flavors. Medium long finish. 15% alcohol. $26 Retail. 78% Petite Sirah/22% Syrah. 3,352 Cases produced

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Flight 11 (1 Note)

  • 2009 Lava Cap Petite Sirah Reserve Granite Hill 87 Points

    USA, California, Sierra Foothills, El Dorado

    Ruby color with with black cherry, earth and spice aromas. Medium-bodied with well-behaved tannins,and a blast of black cherry fruit, vanilla, and spice flavors. Medium finish. Alcohol 14.8% Retail $30. 447 cases produced

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Flight 12 (1 Note)

  • 2009 Artezin Petite Sirah Garzini Ranch Mendocino County 89 Points

    USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County

    Dark garnet color with mixed berry fruit, and a bit of cassis aromas. On the palate it's approaching full-bodied, and plush with satiny tannins and blackberry, blueberry, cassis, spice, and vanilla flavors. Medium+ finish. 14.2% alcohol. Aged in French oak. Retail $36.

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Flight 13 - The "Bonus" round! (1 Note)

We paired this "Port-style" dessert wine with two blue cheeses (one soft one, one firm), and two types of chocolate (one with 72% cacoa, and one with 85% cacoa). The wine was a hit! It was a toss-up between the Castellano creamy blue cheese, and the Valrhona Le Noir Extra Amer 85% cacao chocolate as to which of the chocolate and cheese it worked best with.

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