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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.1 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by HitAnyKey on 10/21/2015 & rated 89 points: Drinking very well right now. Balanced fruit with some spice on the finish. Great with grilled lamb chops. (965 views) | | | Tasted by elise on 10/3/2011 & rated 88 points: Enjoyed with with friends after a winery tasting (not Epiphany). (2643 views) | | | Tasted by RussK on 3/30/2011 & rated 90 points: RUSSK Petite Sirah WIC BB tasting at Pablo's (2587 views) | | | Tasted by cabdrinker on 9/8/2010 & rated 87 points: My bottle needed a full two hours before it began to open up. Big blueberry and floral aromas in the nose. Full bodied with a nice chocolate like texture. Dark fruit, white/black pepper and chocolate dominate on the palate. Long spicy finish with a little acidity thrown in the mix. Needs time IMO. (2876 views) | | | Tasted by cbkamp on 5/29/2010 & rated 86 points: Smoky black fruit on the nose. Nothing real extraordinary here. Pretty well balanced although the tannins make it a little rough on the mid-palate. Probably could have benefited from a decanter- which I didn't use (my bad for sure). Will wait another year or two before opening the other bottle. (3036 views) | | | Tasted by jeffal66 on 4/1/2010 & rated 89 points: No notes. Oddly, went well with sweet potatoes. (2285 views) | | | Tasted by jupiter33 on 3/13/2010 & rated 92 points: Drinking well right now. Alcohol is well integrated and not noticeable. Nose of black fruit, leather, coffee. Smooth, thick mouthfeel. Delicious. (1665 views) | | | Tasted by TJolley on 12/15/2009 & rated 93 points: Monster petite, almost syrupy, huge espresso finsh (2100 views) | | | Tasted by sammy7 on 7/12/2009 & rated 88 points: Solid, well balanced. Worked well with food, pairing unlikely to be restrictive. Would puchase again, becoming a fan of Epiphany. (1883 views) |
| Epiphany Producer websitePetite 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.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 Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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