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| Drinking window: Drink between 2003 and 2015 (based on 114 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by blanquito on 4/1/2020: Corked. (630 views) | | | Tasted by robmatic on 11/10/2014 & rated 92 points: Had this right after the 1995, and by comparison, it seemed slightly drier and more tannic. But on the second night it opened up in a huge way, with powerful tart cherry fruit, smooth, well integrated tannins, and an altogether balance that was spot on. Drinking very well right now, I cannot imagine it getting any better. (2120 views) | | | Tasted by robmatic on 1/18/2013 & rated 90 points: Fully mature, and possibly slightly past peak, but still drinking very nicely. Lush and smooth, full dark fruit flavors and soft tannins. I'd recommend drinking up. (2503 views) | | | Tasted by Johann Von Mastiff on 7/16/2012 & rated 90 points: Like my last bottle, this wine needed a hour in a decanter to open up. Still a pretty tight wine. Once open it starts to show some really nice red berries and a bit of wood. (2522 views) | | | Tasted by markydecker on 11/10/2011 & rated 90 points: Opened for my Twitter group's Petite Sirah day on Friday, October 7th. Decanted for 8 hours. Wine was massive, beautiful nose, typical very dark/almost opaque appearance. Still tannic with considerable backbone for further aging, and good fruit...blackberries. Good finish, but wondering if fruit holds as tannins diminish. Very good wine in the tradition of long lived York Creek offerings from Ridge. (2808 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 9/6/2011: Deep, dark stuff. This is still quite tannic, though it has enough fruit for balance. Still shows some of its youthful oak as well. Can be drunk now (and was better 3 hours later), but might be best to wait. (2657 views) | | | Tasted by Samadhi on 1/22/2011: Past it's prime. (1557 views) | | | Tasted by Johann Von Mastiff on 3/2/2008 & rated 90 points: Still dark purple. Took almost an hour to start showing much. Interesting nose of plums and spruce. Still has some unresolved tannins. Some coconuty oak on the back tannins. A decent amount of alcohol. Still has some years to go on it. All in all a really good wine. (1545 views) | | | Tasted by Fatty Cat on 1/27/2007 & rated 92 points: Late Jan 2007: purple red color; dark berries and intense spice aromas; full body; with some grip on the palate.
12.5% alcohol (320 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 1/4/2007 & rated 86 points: Maroon color, lightening at the edge. The nose is more elegant than in your face, with smokey berries, earth, and wet stones. Medium body with resolved tannins and good acidity. On the palate there are cherries, cranberries, and a bit of an herbal element. The finish is fairly long with cherries and the herbal note. Earlier bottle was a bit more fruity and I didn't note the herbal notes. Last bottle, if I had more I'd start killing them off. (1482 views) | | | Tasted by cbbrown3 on 8/27/2004 & rated 85 points: A little disappointing, probably related to a bad cork that disintegrated when I took it out. Not bad, but the nose was a lot better than the taste. (1502 views) |
| Ridge Producer website | Wikipedia
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California. The original winery facilities are located at an elevation of 2,300 feet (700 m) on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA near Cupertino, California. The other Ridge winery facilities are at Lytton Springs in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County.Petite Sirah 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.York CreekRidge Vineyards has a nice graphic showing the location of their Napa vineyards: York Creek and Dynamite Hill.
York Creek Vineyard, high atop Spring Mountain overlooking the Napa Valley. Zinfandel and petite sirah vines, planted 1970-1990.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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