2000 Kent Rasmussen Petite Sirah Leeds-Chavez Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  1/27/2019 - PolarBear22 wrote: 90 Points

  Over 10 years since the first bottle. This has matured nicely. Still has dark fruits and blueberry. Nice tannin and acidity. Had a lot of sediment.

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  3/19/2017 - foobarski Likes this wine:

  Not scoring this because it definitely tastes like it's past its prime ... but even given that, it's still far from undrinkable. Still good fruit and solid structure, just that unmistakable sense of fading, and just a touch of bitter. Lots of particulate matter, too ... and that's not even counting the cork bits that got strained out when I decanted! (The bottom half of the cork disintegrated - I ended up having to push the rest of it down into the bottle, and pour through the finest mesh strainer I had. I thought for sure it would be completely gone.)

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  8/30/2014 - Rich S Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Popped and poured. Dark crimson color. Nose of raspberry and black cherry with some slightly candied red fruit and jam coming through. More of the same on the palate with raspberry jam and a bit of peppery spice. Medium+ acidity with low tannins, this wine is still quite alive due to the acid and still has a ton of fruit left which really surprised me. A bit thin on the palate and finish though. I would drink up if holding any as I do not see this getting any better but still a enjoyable wine for sure.

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  3/26/2010 - aces219 wrote:

  Kind of a pale shadow of its former self. Still delicious, but much less petite sirah-y than it was. I think it's drinking well now and am glad I decided not to tempt fate by holding it.

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  12/11/2009 - Corrado wrote: 90 Points

  Color/Appearance: 5/5 - Bold, dense burgundy (the color, not the wine) color right out to the edges.
  
  Nose/Bouquet: 12/15 - Expressive nose begins with black pepper, blackberry and woodiness. Later, the black pepper fades and is replaced by subtle aromas of Twizzlers and sugar-coated blueberry candy.
  
  Flavor : 7/10 - Better after a decant of a few hours. Entry is very smooth and the inevitable grip of the tannic jaws are carried nicely by the full body of the wine. While the structure and body are in full force, the flavors are missing depth. There's cassis, blackberry, and dark chocolate in there, but the overall effect is that of a VERY dark, bittersweet chocolate where you wish it was about 5% less pure cacao.
  
  Finish: 9/10 - Initially this goes through a series of, "I'm fruity," "I'm tannic," "I'm oaked," phases before you're aware that your teeth have been frosted with delicious Petite Sirah, and then this nice amalgamation of bittersweet chocolate, blackberry, and vanilla that just glows for long afterwards.
  
  Aging Potential: 3/5 – Hard to say. Right now, this wine will not see any improvement from short-term cellaring, making it either a "drink now" selection or a "wait a decade" wine to lay down through its dumb phase and hope it comes out of its cocoon well.
  
  Overall/Quality: 4/5 - Of the three bottles I've had since 2007, my opinion is that this was drinking better then than it is now. It remains a solid, well-made, excellent wine.

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