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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MarkEngel on 12/26/2019 & rated 89 points: Dark and deep red color, very dense in the glass. Deep, dark fruit on the nose, with some earth and a bit of chocolate as well. Nice fruit, well-balanced, the finish stuck around for quite a while with a pleasant fruity but drying sensation on the tongue. Served with grilled burgers, the wine really showed well. (266 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 8/23/2017 & rated 91 points: Inky purple color with aromatic lavender, spice, dark fruit and a bit of damp earth aromas. On the palate it's medium bodied and harmonious with vibrant acidity and well integrated sauve tannins with blackberry, spice, red currant and pepper flavors. Long finish. (568 views) | | | Tasted by wineshlub on 6/25/2016 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured. Complex, deep aromas of black fruit, menthol, with a bit of barnyard creeping in and out. Up front this is pure, rich berry flavors. Exploding complexity from mid palate to finish, with pieces of menthol, vanilla, tobacco, among others. Vanilla dominates at the end.
This is far from subtle, but I would call it elegant. Iron fist in a velvet glove, to use a well-worn phrase. Exceptional. (782 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 12/18/2013 & rated 91 points: Inky purple color with aromatic lavender, spice dark fruit and a bit of damp earth aromas. On the palate it's medium bodied vibrant and well balanced with well integrated soft tannins with blackberry, spice, red currant and pepper flavors. Lingering finish. (1402 views) |
| Dashe Cellars Producer website2010 Dashe Cellars Petite Sirah Todd Brothers RanchProduction Notes
Varietals: 99 % Petite Sirah and 1% Zinfandel from the Todd Brothers Ranch Vineyard
Appellation: Alexander Valley, Sonoma County
Alcohol: 13.7% by vol.
Time in oak: 14 months
Oak: French; 5% two-year old oak, 95% older oak
Production: 245 cases (750 ml)
Release date: October 1st, 2012
Optimum time for consumption: 2012-2023
© 2012 Dashe CellarsPetite 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.Todd Brothers Ranch On weinlagen-infoUSAAmerican 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 Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyAlexander Valley Alexander Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia
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