2001 Carver-Sutro Petite Sirah Palisades Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (19) Median Score: 93 points

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  8/22/2023 - Senso-beak wrote:

  Opened and poured. Nice, dar, dense and chewy. In a fine place still. Lush concentrated fruit puree flavors with blackberry, black cherry up front. Some secondaries have developed, but this is in a quite ripe, prime drinking window.

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  8/6/2023 - juffer Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Brambly black currant, cedar, prune all in the ripe but complex nose. Refreshingly lighter and more elegant in the palate than was expecting. Good firm finish, with plenty of acids and tannins, both from the wood and grape. Still a bit primal. Excellent, but believe this actually needs to sit in the class for a bit to hopefully integrate the somewhat disjointed finish a bit better.

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  1/26/2023 - Senso-beak wrote: 92 Points

  Opened and poured on a snowy evening. Very dark with mild bricking on the rim. Very red and cherry forward. Acidic tart and bright cherry notes on the nose and palate. Also some dark blueberry/blackberry on the nose, with some mild secondaries kicking-in....leather, anise. Full bodied but not too heavy, plenty of acids to keep it lively. Comparing to my last note nearly 10 years ago, this has evolved quite well and mellowed out in a positive trajectory. Very cherry, and very nice for 22 years in bottle indeed. A steal at $20 this wine today could cost $100+

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  7/28/2018 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From magnum. Not that anyone needs it, but this is just another example of how Palisades Vineyard produces the best Petite Sirah in CA (no offense Hayne Vineyard). This was amazing at PnP with an explosion of red fruit and smoke on the nose, and lush/layered flavors of raspberry puree, blackberries, and hints of smoke and tar on the palate. Continued to open up over the course of the evening, but the tannins were pretty well integrated from the start. Fantastic PS drinking right at peak for my tastes, but should continue to hold for some time (especially in large format).

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  11/7/2017 - awineo Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Last one. Dennis made some great wines. SOLID fruit and integrated tannins. Nice bottle.

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