2009 Kent Rasmussen Petite Sirah Esoterica Chavez-Leeds Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  1/26/2020 - nfurlong Likes this wine: 90 Points

  garnet hue; nose of clove, cinnamon and cigar box; light tannins with strong black fruits and cassis. Slightly sweet long aftertaste.
  Days later, after stoppered at room temp, it had improved! Velvety cassis mousse with the cinnamon tart, wonderful! 89 -> 90.

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  8/3/2017 - Furry Goat wrote: 90 Points

  Great nose of dark ripe fruit. Palate has fruit and lots of pepper and spice. Very strong acid backbone carries the wine, but balances the fairly large tannic profile. 1 hour decant and it probably needed more. Still at least 5 years, probably 2x that. A little tight still.
  
  Tasty and quality. Good with stir fry.

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  8/22/2016 - Bill1100 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Been three years since I last tasted this wine. It was pretty good then and better now. See 2013 tasting note.

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  7/17/2016 - MerlynXLII Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Decanted two hours which really helped it open up to compared to PNP. Drinking wonderfully right now. Complex, smooth, delicious. Plenty of life left.

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  6/2/2016 - drtroppo wrote: 93 Points

  Delicious wine, very smooth and full of flavor - ripe berries, in particular. And, a fantastic value - wish I would have bought cases, instead of bottles.

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