2014 Briceland Vineyards Petit Verdot Ishi Pishi Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  11/10/2022 - S-F wrote: 90 Points

  Never had much luck with Petit Verdot, but this was a pleasant encounter. Lots of dark fruit (blueberry in particular). Drying tannins and tension in acid, not at all lumbering. Feels very European, I have to say. A bit of a wine lover's wine in style (this won't appeal to the Apothic Red crowd).
  
  Never had a bad wine from this producer and this was no exception.Good stuff.

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  4/15/2022 - Maphill01 wrote:

  PNP, drank over two days. Dark fruit, black currant, black cherry. Ripe, but not extracted. Medium body. Dry tannins, fresh acidity. 12.7% ABV. Interesting and easy to drink from the get go. I don’t know if it will improve, but this should have a long life. I don’t have a lot of experience with 100% Petit Verdot, so YMMV.

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  1/8/2020 - Deux Chevaux wrote:

  Both notes below, from a year ago, capture this well for us. Layered and complex. Structured indeed, and it seems built to develop for quite some time — yet it’s very enjoyable now, over three nights. I don’t recall any other petit verdot bottling of this balanced heft and interest. Bravo!

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  1/24/2019 - fred o. Likes this wine:

  per back label, dry-farmed, organic grapes grown by the Pierce Family, at an elevation of 1,000 feet. 12.7% abv.
  
  opaque dark violet color.
  Nose dark fruited, pleasing intensity.
  Palate initially a vanilla flavor with dark fruits, but as it sits open for a couple of hours, a pronounced cranberry acidity comes through and the vanilla fades almost completely, and an earthy flavor comes through more noticeably. Faintly astringent tannins on the finish but not in an unpleasant way, just balancing the acidity and fruit.
  
  The acidity/low ABV was surprising and welcome, and serves well to cut through a rich meal. Could see this aging well and interestingly. 92 pts with upside

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  1/9/2019 - CMN wrote: 92 Points

  Sangria colored with aromas of purple flowers, white pepper and sweet black fruits. After a couple hours of air, black cherry makes an appearance.
  
  On pop and pour the structure was very evident -- plenty of drying tannin and acidity. After an hour in the decanter, the wine opened up considerably; loads of blackberries (but without the sweetness suggested by the nose), plum, white pepper, violet and the barest hint of graphite. The structure is still evident, but the tannins have softened markedly. Medium bodied, the finish is long and graceful. Not as open as the 2012 was at a similar stage in its evolution, this vintage is built to age. Better in 5 years and should easily last two decades from vintage. 91-93+.
  
  54 cases made, 12.7% abv, made from organic grapes.

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