2016 Gershon Bachus Vintners Petite Sirah CAELUS Lawrence Family Estate

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 65 points

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  2/7/2021 - SummersCW Does not like this wine: 70 Points

  Second bottle - opened the night before and had a few glasses. Much better than the other bottle. Poured another couple glasses the next night - terrible again. Absolutely zero longevity if open. All the fruit was gone from the previous night. Unbalanced toward acidic again. Either the winery is serving something else in its place or this wine is abysmal if opened longer than a few hours. DO. NOT. BUY. A 70 is generous.

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  1/30/2021 - SummersCW wrote: 60 Points

  This was surprisingly excellent when tasting at the winery. Opened one of the two bottles we purchased and let it breathe for about 90 minutes. It tasted stiff and unready to drink, so we let it breathe for another 90 minutes. After 3 hours, it was still stiff and lacking the vibrant fruit we tasted at the winery. Re-corked and approached it again a day later and it was awful. Completely undrinkable. None of the bold blackberry and currant, no tannins, and little else other than borderline acidic. Waste of $45. Dumped.
  
  Will re-assess after opening the second bottle.

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