2019 de Négoce Petite Sirah OG N.179

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  11/26/2023 - Giller63 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Splash decanted at 64 degrees, this is good to go. My last bottle was 18 months ago when my notes said it needed 3 hours to open up. Tonight this was giving from the get go. Red fruit on the nose, and bold on the palate with a long finish. Good alone and even better with food (teriyaki flank steak). This is still a young wine but is eminently enjoyable right now. Will try to keep my hands off my remaining bottles to see how this evolves, but if I need a crowd pleaser for the upcoming holidays I might just go back to this one.

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  4/23/2023 - Westcoastred Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Stewed blackberry aroma in the just-filled decanter. Decanted 2+ hours and served at 69°, after which graphite and baking spices added to the nose. Cooled it in the fridge to 66°, then detected some minerals. The deepest purple in the glass. On the palate, spice, more blackberry, oak, mid-palate chalky tannins with medium acidity on the back end. Bold, dry. It began to open up a bit more closer to the three-hour mark. More pronounced baking spices, black tea, smokey. Hoo boy, those tannins! $24 direct from de Négoce, supposedly sourced from Venge Oso at $55-60 per bottle.
  
  Had second glass with stew of white beans, porcini, shiitake and other mushrooms, thyme and rosemary and French sandwich rolls. The wine became a bit more fruit-forward. Acidity stood out, tannins took a step back. There’s a good balance of flavors between the wine and the food. This is a win. 👍
  
  Have a second bottle in the cellar, will hold onto it for another year or two. Would buy again.

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  10/25/2022 - Rbhan12 wrote: 90 Points

  I'm not the most seasoned PS drinker, so make what you will of my note. Supposedly Venge Oso Vineyard.
  
  Splash decant, back to bottle, followed for an hour. Very dark color. Nose is tight but can get deep black fruit and rich oak. Palate has gentle acidity that makes the black fruit rather bright. Finish is again black fruit and plum with seasoned oak. There is subtle tannin and a hint of residual sugar.
  
  High quality wine made in an approachable style. Big flavors and mouthfeel but without the expected tannins to warrant generational cellaring. By comparison, a '94 Elyse PS was recently singing with more structure. This is a 7 year wine at most.
  
  Drink now with a 2h decant or within 5 years.

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  9/12/2022 - LCHammer Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My favorite deNegoce. Great right away and only got better. Tremendous value for petit syrah drinkers.

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  3/30/2022 - zoeldar Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wife opened this a day earlier, so I'm tasting 24 hours open...and wow, what a beauty. Not for the shy, it is a fairly bold (yet balanced) mix of black fruit and plush tannins. Best guess is Venge single vineyard PS at $60/btl, and this fits (bingo!). Lovely wine in no rush to consume, will continue to develop for 10 years - give it plenty of airtime.

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