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Red
2019 Keplinger Sumo
Petite Sirah
- USA
- California
- Sierra Foothills
- Amador County
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Community Tasting Notes 4
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fournet Likes this wine: 93 points
August 11, 2022 - As is typical of Keplinger’s Sumo, I enjoyed this vintage. It is much sweeter than typical upon opening, but settled down after about an hour to be what I expected. Can enjoy this now or wait many years.
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timdrex wrote: 91 points
April 11, 2022 - We were initially surprised to be greeted with a bit of sweetness not characteristic of PS, but after a couple of hours it behaved more like its pedigree and opened up well.
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bsumoba Likes this wine:
December 7, 2021 - Being that this was my first real exposure to Keplinger wines, I was a tad overwhelmed by amount of wines that she produces and with having little experience in the Rhone/Cotie varietals, there was a bit of an intimidation factor when approaching these wines. That being said, the 19' Sumo was a pleasure to drink. It was overshadowed by the 15' Sumo I had to see what some age does to these wines and I was pleasantly surprised.
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MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 93 points
October 23, 2021 - 2019 Sumo was in the lineup along with Lithic for the 3rd year of Wine & Wagyu.
2019 seems to me a more elegant vintage. Less teeth staining force than I'm used to in such a young PS. Now I'm sure for some at WW3 this was WOTN for the Rhone lineup. I might be unfairly comparing this to the best vintages of Sumo with 10 years of age so please keep that in mind. This will more than likely get there with time.
Cork was pulled at 10am and replaced after 15 minutes. Placed back and the cellar and opened for pairing at 7 pm. Showed very well
Drink or hold 93+
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By James Suckling
9/13/2022 (link)(Keplinger Amador County Sumo, United States) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2019
- Type Red
- Producer Keplinger
- Varietal Petite Sirah
- Designation Sumo
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sierra Foothills
- Appellation Amador County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 271 (80%)
- Consumed 64 (19%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 4 votes
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- VarietyPetite Sirah
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSierra Foothills
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