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2003 Parducci Petite Sirah |
| Vintage | 2003 |  Label 1 of 2   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Parducci (web) | ||
| Variety | Petite Sirah | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | USA | ||
| Region | California | ||
| SubRegion | North Coast | ||
| Appellation | Mendocino County |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 85.1 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 7 notes) | |
| Tasted by whits on 2/1/2008 & rated 78 points: a grapey kind of wine, this petite sirah is typical and while there is nothing bad about the wine, it is simple in a boring kind of way, nothing exciting (754 views) | |
| Tasted by d2 on 1/7/2008 & rated 86 points: Dark-to-almost-black purple in color. Aromas of blackberry, vanilla, smoke and black pepper. Sweet blackberry flavor with a hint of pepper. Lacks the lushness and finish of more expensive Petite Sirahs but this is a very good-to-excellent wine for the price. (751 views) | |
| Tasted by Brian1970 on 3/20/2007 & rated 87 points: Very dark color. Enticing dark berry aromas. Grapey is also right. Strong attack of blackberry, tart cherry, and a bright sort of mint on mid-palate. Tannic, and fairly acidic, but balanced. Lively tart finish. Good balance with moderate tannis and reasonably brisk acid. (1223 views) | |
| Tasted by ras2006 on 3/3/2007 & rated 85 points: Very dark, opaque, purple-red. Nicely balanced fruit and tannin. Good for the price. (1242 views) | |
| Tasted by GolferChris on 2/18/2007 & rated 85 points: Hawaii Vacation Wines; 2/10/2007-2/24/2007 (Big Island Hawaii): Nose of raspberry, cedar, almost tawny port like. Fruit seems a bit baked and muddled in the mouth. Lingering finish. (1817 views) | |
| Tasted by Calistoga on 12/8/2006 & rated 88 points: Dark, almost opaque purple/red. Grapey blackberry and current aromas. Creamy sweet blackberry, cherry and what the winery calls mint but is more of a bright sharp grapy flavor. Good balance with moderate tannis and reasonably brisk acid. Med-long finish. ...What! a tasting note for a sub $10 wine? This was a great antidote to my too-frequent creeping wine snobbiness. This was easy to buy, easy to drink and by god the flavor on the last glass on day two was so much better than the anonymous-like-so-many-other-inexpensive-wines first glass that it was impossible not to pay attention. This is a wine like it must have been in CA 100 years ago. I had to look up the winery tasting info: 76% mendocino 24% california (where? central valley, Lodi maybe?); 86% petite Syrah, 11.5% Syrah (so far so good), 1% viognier (huh? are we in the rhone?), 1% chardonnay (whoa, what's going on here?), .5% other (wait a second, what's the deal here? what do you suppose other might be, I'm guessing zin but I'd have to call). 69% american oak, 27% french (where?), 4% hungarian (Really!?!); 13.5% alchohol - Holy smokes, a throwback! Ok, so next time I open one of those $100+ status wines, I'll really be thinking about my guilty pleasure with my cheap little Parducci tart! Way to go. (1247 views) | |
| Tasted by Hi-Ho-Silver on 9/11/2006 & rated 87 points: (1132 views) |
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About red wine 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. WineAmerica (National Association of American Wineries) | Free the Grapes! California Wines (Wine Institute of California) California is one of the most diverse wine regions in the world, with almost 100 grape varieties grown in almost 10 viticultural areas, including dozens of different microclimates and soil types, as well as a very individualistic set of winemakers, many with international experience, which adds to and deepens that diversity. The North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information) Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission |
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