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| Drinking window: Drink between 2010 and 2019 (based on 74 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 26 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by DaninClearwater on 12/25/2023 & rated 93 points: This wine still has it after all these years
Good job, Vince (138 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 2/27/2022 & rated 94 points: A wonderful Vince port, Well Done!! (587 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 11/20/2020 & rated 92 points: A very nice Vince fruit forward port, drinking nicely!! Enjoy!! (721 views) | | | Tasted by danscellar on 11/5/2020 & rated 93 points: What a nice way to end an evening!! Smooth, flavorful and just yummy! Enjoy!! (670 views) | | | Tasted by Outplaying on 2/11/2018: Not giving up much on the nose. I like how this isn't extremely sweet. Still undeveloped. Hold. (1424 views) | | | Tasted by IAmVintage on 11/17/2013 & rated 94 points: Vincente Arroyo produces our favorite port outside of Portugal and even then only the better vintages, as Vincent has a wonderful ability to extract a depth of flavor from Peitite Sirah like no other. Not overly fortified, it provides an unctuous balance of deep black fruit & chocolate. 2006 is a particularly excellent vintage in terms of the depth. (3254 views) | | | Tasted by wadcorp on 2/26/2013: - Medium forming legs and aromas of black currant. It's balanced with a medium/full body. Smooth texture with a medium finish. (3092 views) | | | Tasted by DaninClearwater on 12/25/2012 & rated 94 points: Drank at Christmas dinner at Amanda's house (2789 views) | | | Tasted by biggwater on 12/25/2009 & rated 95 points: Limited..for good reason..rich and meaty, perfect CA port...and they are grandfathered in to call their product Port next year (3726 views) | | | Tasted by Parnelli on 2/13/2009 & rated 93 points: OK ... so it had only been 2 weeks since the last (and my last until next year's shipment) time we had this ... but she couldn't wait and wanted to share it ... me, I was thinking of hoarding it. This is great stuff! Great balance with great flavor, no overpowering alcohol like many ports, not overly sweet ... great with dark chocolate ... and this is the only way that I eat chocolate ... just let it melt in your mouth with the port ... it doesn't get much better!! (3595 views) | | | Tasted by Parnelli on 1/31/2009 & rated 93 points: This is one of the best ports I've ever had! The balance is great ... than may be enhanced by the fact it was 16% alcohol rather than the typical 20% or so that most CAL ports are. We had it with a chocolate bundt cake that had rum and vodka in it ... port is the only way I like chocolate and this was great!! (2125 views) | | | Tasted by biggwater on 1/14/2009 & rated 94 points: Spectacular wine. Wait for maturity several years. I needed to gauge quality so I will buy more. Ruby style port, deepth and sweetness is perfect (1725 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Vincent Arroyo 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 Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Napa ValleySt. Helena |
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