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| Drinking window: Drink between 2019 and 2022 (based on 31 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.9 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ikkaariainen on 8/15/2022 & rated 87 points: Recommend for what it is - a very inexpensive entry level daily drinker very fruitforward negociant widely sourced CA petit sirah that is a good QPR wine at the average CT price. Drink now - not made for aging. Crowd pleaser. Dark, monolithic, minimal oak, no tannins present, very full bodied and with a medium long aftertaste. Bold full nose of dark stone fruit. Flavor profile very fruitforward and somewhat sweet with dark stone fruit and mocha. (627 views) | | | Tasted by Acw1095 on 6/27/2021 & rated 90 points: Nice every day red and a good value! (1035 views) | | | Tasted by Epicúreo on 10/31/2020 & rated 92 points: 🎃 Happy Hallowine 👻
This isn't scary, but it certainly is bewitching.
Polished and fleshy; with blueberry, sweet licorice, pumpkin pie, orange marmalade, whipped cream, mocha and cinnamon roll nuances.
Medium-long voluptuous finish with fresh acidity and grippy tannins.
Yes; I am under your spell... (1451 views) | | | Tasted by Paul-ATL on 10/26/2020 & rated 89 points: Very solid daily drinker. Enjoyed by all. Nice rich fruit that paired well with spicy Indian food. (1423 views) | | | Tasted by Brown2em on 5/22/2020 & rated 87 points: Delicious. Sweet mellow (1582 views) | | | Tasted by Brown2em on 5/19/2020 & rated 80 points: Sweet fruity very easy to drink. Easily could finish a bottle (1027 views) | | | Tasted by Chambourcin17 on 3/6/2020 & rated 98 points: Very nice. Like it a lot. Heavy oak nose, very smooth (907 views) | | | Tasted by henry_chinaski on 2/10/2020 & rated 89 points: A tasty wine that I'd buy again. Fresh dark fruit mixed with red berries. Brooding, yet fresh and light on its feet. Nicely integrated oak, offering toasted cola notes. A nice week day quaffer. Great for $10. (609 views) | | | Tasted by BodegaMateo on 1/14/2020 & rated 88 points: Very decent, Jammy, moderate Tannins, like a Petite Syrah should be ... good price in restaurant! (592 views) | | | Tasted by AnytimeWineTime on 4/8/2019 & rated 91 points: S: potpourri and ripe plums
T: this is the definition of jammy. Tastes like blackberry jam. Surprisingly good and excellent QPR. Found this for sub $10. I’d buy more. (784 views) | | | Tasted by Juls31 on 3/28/2019 & rated 94 points: Buy again. (712 views) | | | Tasted by Eric B on 2/25/2019 & rated 85 points: Meh. Average and boring. (747 views) | | | Tasted by tb_baltimore on 2/12/2019 & rated 87 points: I continue to be a fan of the Petite Sirah -- this was very enjoyable -- maybe not over the top, in that I agree with the other reviewers, but a very enjoyable wine. I'd put this on the list for bringing to a dinner party or having available to share with a meal and friends. (610 views) | | | Tasted by Baileyxv on 10/28/2018 & rated 84 points: Cant remember (733 views) |
| Spellbound 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 CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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