Community Tasting Notes 8

• 6831 wrote: 90 points

  March 18, 2023 - As advertised, on the lighter side for CA PS.
  Black cherry, pepper, plum, matchstick and dark berry fruit carry the medium bodied frame through to a smooth, pleasant albeit short finish. Not disappointed with this in any way but also don't see much benefit from aging this much longer

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• ppandian Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 1, 2022 - Inky purple, medium+ weight on the palate, fully integrated tannins, notes of white pepper and very restrained red fruit. Fantastic petite Syrah.

• der Schmecker Likes this wine: 84 points

  September 17, 2020 - I'm a fan of Petite Sirah and I recently read Esther Mobley's article describing this lower alcohol, lighter 'petite' Sirah, so I rushed out to K&L and purchased a bottle to find out what the fuss was all about. I normally wait at least four years before opening up a California Petite Sirah to allow the tannins to wind their way deep into the soul of the wine, not disappearing, but transforming themselves in some mysterious alchemy that makes the wine taste way better, more multi-dimensional. I popped and poured this. Waiting a few years wouldn't make a difference, not with this. It's not a light wine, but lighter than almost all California Petite Sirahs I have tasted. It's blah. No complexity at all. No verve. Boring. I have a broad palette and like most wines, so if this was served at a restaurant by the glass, I'd drink it with pizza and ask for a second glass of something else. Stick with the pros like Green & Red, Once & Future, Quixote and Retro Cellars. Second day tasting: upgrading original rating by two points.

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• Wine2372 Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 15, 2020 - A marvelous, light-touched approach to Petite Sirah. Inky purple, but light, fresh, and alive, with near-translucent tannins. This wine suggests a record-breaking number of food pairing possibilities, wow.

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• bavaur wrote: 92 points

  June 13, 2020 - Super wine, opens up very lively and inky but settles down into forest fruit and coffee flavours. Slightly funky nose, is that tiger nuts I detect?

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Mountain Tides
• Varietal Petite Sirah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation California

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• In Cellars 31 (36%)
• Consumed 56 (64%)

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