January 26, 2020 - garnet hue; nose of clove, cinnamon and cigar box; light tannins with strong black fruits and cassis. Slightly sweet long aftertaste.
Days later, after stoppered at room temp, it had improved! Velvety cassis mousse with the cinnamon tart, wonderful! 89 -> 90.
August 3, 2017 - Great nose of dark ripe fruit. Palate has fruit and lots of pepper and spice. Very strong acid backbone carries the wine, but balances the fairly large tannic profile. 1 hour decant and it probably needed more. Still at least 5 years, probably 2x that. A little tight still.
Tasty and quality. Good with stir fry.
August 22, 2016 - Been three years since I last tasted this wine. It was pretty good then and better now. See 2013 tasting note.
July 17, 2016 - Decanted two hours which really helped it open up to compared to PNP. Drinking wonderfully right now. Complex, smooth, delicious. Plenty of life left.
June 2, 2016 - Delicious wine, very smooth and full of flavor - ripe berries, in particular. And, a fantastic value - wish I would have bought cases, instead of bottles.
February 7, 2015 - This PS is fantastic and is drinking nicely right now.
December 24, 2014 - Decanted 6 hours and served with medium-rare rib roast. Truly a perfect pairing, the wine backed up the roast beautifully. Didn't get in the way, but was deliciously smooth with enough acidity to refresh.
June 1, 2014 - Another home run vintage from my favorite petite syrah that I can actually afford.
Midnight purple color. Decanted x 3 hours. Tannic and big. Complex. Leather, black fruit, spice, cloves, cinnamon on nose but lets be honest, I'm making this stuff up - theres a lot going on and if you like big petite syrah with a punch this is it. Acidity is just right.
Crushed the whole bottle with dinner.
January 3, 2014 - Consumed over 3 days. Fantastic value. First day was more approachable than I remember my first bottle a year ago. Only decanted about 30 mins. Just a year has really brought it around. 3rd day was still fantastic with more fruit than on the 1st day.
December 24, 2013 - It was a very pleasant ending to what could have been a disaster. I'd bought several old bottles at a local benefit, and next time, I'll look at them very carefully. This lovely Petite Sirah was my choice to soothe my sorrow, and it succeeded mightily. It's drinking well right now. Beautiful color, aroma of summer and berries and smoke, and excellent taste.