Leather, cherries, and plum on the nose. A tad watery on the palate. Lots of wood and tobacco, and some nice sweetness throughout. Goood to enjoy during or after a hearty meal.
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My brother blinded me on this at an informal tasting. Seeing the color, I was able to rule out all but a few varieties. The strong tannic presence and brooding flavor profile pointed me to Petite Sirah, as it was very clearly a new world wine. Not too many regions to choose from for PS, so I went with Sonoma County, 2019 vintage. Pretty good guess as it turned out!
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Deep inky purple This is still rather backward with a ton of structure. With air, some sweet dark fruit peeks through and hopefully holds out while letting the tannins soften with time. Hold
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$40 at the grocery store. Maybe a bit generous with score, but this is very drinkable! Perhaps bettered only by their family owned neighbor's (Quixote) Petite Sirah. Maybe a Stag's Leap thing. Great color, flavor, nose, aftertaste. Very decent for the price.
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Dark purple bowl, almost opaque, turning lighter purple at the rim. Tons of blackberries, crushed blueberries, notes of tobacco leaf and spice on the nose. Palate is blueberries, blackberries, chocolate covered cherries, not much spice or earth. Medium plus tannins and medium acidity. Good, nothing special.
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30min-1hr decant. Medium + purple color, less deep than expected. On the nose, sugar plum, blueberry, vanilla, spice, new french oak. On the palate, heavy body, some dark fruit up front, teeth coating medium tannin, rather fine grained, medium - acid. Midpalate seems a bit empty, and finish is medium and I get some green steaminess. Over extracted for sure, but not too hot which was one of my concerns. Overall, drinkable, but a bit disappointing. Not worth the $40 I spent. Can see how it can appeal to some. Will give it more air and see what happens.
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4/21/2024 - rogervanzant357 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good profile and structure. Very grippy tannins.
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3/31/2024 - Lukas_w Likes this wine: 88 Points
Deep stewed purple fruits, cassis and black licorice, blackberry. A little bit of acid could have gone a long way in not making this wine flabby.
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3/23/2024 - Quaesitori Likes this wine: 91 Points
Leather, cherries, and plum on the nose. A tad watery on the palate. Lots of wood and tobacco, and some nice sweetness throughout. Goood to enjoy during or after a hearty meal.
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2/10/2024 - Hungry_Jorge Likes this wine: 91 Points
Third time having this and I think it’s legit good. A little grippy at first, but opens up very quickly. Structured wine with great red fruit.
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12/25/2023 - Ringkals wrote:
Christmas 2023
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11/17/2023 - PIntag wrote: 91 Points
My brother blinded me on this at an informal tasting. Seeing the color, I was able to rule out all but a few varieties. The strong tannic presence and brooding flavor profile pointed me to Petite Sirah, as it was very clearly a new world wine. Not too many regions to choose from for PS, so I went with Sonoma County, 2019 vintage. Pretty good guess as it turned out!
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10/2/2023 - cos65 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Deep inky purple
This is still rather backward with a ton of structure.
With air, some sweet dark fruit peeks through and hopefully holds out while letting the tannins soften with time.
Hold
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7/17/2023 - brady.lambert wrote: 88 Points
$40 at the grocery store. Maybe a bit generous with score, but this is very drinkable! Perhaps bettered only by their family owned neighbor's (Quixote) Petite Sirah. Maybe a Stag's Leap thing. Great color, flavor, nose, aftertaste. Very decent for the price.
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6/27/2023 - Buythecase wrote: 93 Points
Deep, deep black cherry color, plum and cocoa, a bit. Herbal on the finish too. Very, very tasty.
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6/27/2023 - cos65 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Deep inky purple.
Dark berry aromas
Very approachable and tasty now, with a dry finish. We’ll see if this fleshes out a bit more over time
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6/22/2023 - Rose Garden Likes this wine:
Nice with Lamb chops
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6/18/2023 - Jeff U Likes this wine:
Excellent & delicious
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6/18/2023 - beeg612 wrote: 88 Points
Dark purple bowl, almost opaque, turning lighter purple at the rim. Tons of blackberries, crushed blueberries, notes of tobacco leaf and spice on the nose. Palate is blueberries, blackberries, chocolate covered cherries, not much spice or earth. Medium plus tannins and medium acidity. Good, nothing special.
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5/29/2023 - DanielJ Likes this wine: 90 Points
Pleasant. Nice fruit. Easy to drink
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5/16/2023 - DanielJ Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice. Not wildly interesting but pleasant
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1/20/2023 - Sp@rk Likes this wine: 88 Points
Had a half bottle. Nice and smooth. Not too acidic.
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1/13/2023 - cos65 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Full throttle PS
Delicious, and full bodied while avoiding being over the top. Nice wine
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12/28/2022 - Robwild Likes this wine: 90 Points
Full bodied. Oak, leather, cassis, plum and vanilla. Firm tannins and f good structure.
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8/17/2022 - Acove Likes this wine: 88 Points
30min-1hr decant. Medium + purple color, less deep than expected. On the nose, sugar plum, blueberry, vanilla, spice, new french oak. On the palate, heavy body, some dark fruit up front, teeth coating medium tannin, rather fine grained, medium - acid. Midpalate seems a bit empty, and finish is medium and I get some green steaminess. Over extracted for sure, but not too hot which was one of my concerns. Overall, drinkable, but a bit disappointing. Not worth the $40 I spent. Can see how it can appeal to some. Will give it more air and see what happens.
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4/13/2022 - Smcolivas Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice and smooth. Short zing and enoyable.
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