Community Tasting Notes 20

• Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 2, 2020 - I have to admit, I have real difficulty not flying through a bottle of this in a day & a half, former username nothwithstanding. The most evanescent of soft intros, then tomato, graphite, blackberry, hoisin, stinging nettles/green iron, black pepper, then a perfect blend of granular tannins, acidity and spice on the long-enough denouement. The '11 was identical about 6 weeks ago. France's loss, America's gain. Envy of the community member who bought cases of this @auction for 8 bucks a bottle may well get me to jump into the auction pond
  
  Day 3 remnant tasted like craisins and raisins and really delicious grapes (ikr)
  
  Btw, thanks to the vast majority of members for contributing to this site; I've learned scads from you, you've probably saved me thousands of dollars, and I trust this site like no other oenological rating source. I hope my contributions here reflect this gratitude
  
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• LotusD wrote:

  August 15, 2018 - Very smooth and silky

• jefsmith Likes this wine: 90 points

  August 5, 2018 - Rich, dark fruits, good nose and mouthfeel, good value

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  May 9, 2018 - They are the first petite producers in California apparently. Black cherry cherry cola. And great tannin structure. That is delicious stuff.

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• Ben Christiansen wrote:

  August 3, 2017 - Black fruit and gutsy petite. Now what is the price. WOrks it out at $18 or so.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Foppiano
• Varietal Petite Sirah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley
• UPC Codes 082949532002, 082949562559

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• Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
• In Cellars 105 (32%)
• Consumed 222 (68%)

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