Notes taken 1 hour after opening. Lots of sediment in the bottle. Opaque maroon color, ruby at the rim. Heady nose of dense black fruit, very jammy, but there's a touch of spice, oak and alcohol lurking in the background. Almost sweet on the front palate. The fruit is not just jammy, it's almost raisiny, similar to a port for a brief moment. Then it settles into a delicious concentrated black plum jam, blackberries, vanilla oak just coming through the back end. The alcohol is very well integrated at 15.6%. The fairly long finish leaves you with some very soft tannins and some spice (juniper?). Very easy to drink, paired well with pasta & vodka sauce.
Drink now, this is as good as it gets!
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Fantastic wine. Bright fruit, especially for a petite. Perfect time to drink this wine, Even though this is a 15.5% alcohol wine, you would never know it. Great for winter food (braised beef ribs, pork with port sauce). Again the fruit shines with a backbone of tannins
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9/11/2020 - drhodous wrote:
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10/25/2013 - JoeGr Likes this wine:
Still drinking nice; was cellared properly
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9/22/2012 - jleonard711 wrote: 94 Points
WOW! Perfectly smooth, easy drinking for a petite sirah. This bottle is done aging and should be drunk NOW!
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9/20/2010 - brythephotoguy wrote: 90 Points
Notes taken 1 hour after opening. Lots of sediment in the bottle. Opaque maroon color, ruby at the rim. Heady nose of dense black fruit, very jammy, but there's a touch of spice, oak and alcohol lurking in the background. Almost sweet on the front palate. The fruit is not just jammy, it's almost raisiny, similar to a port for a brief moment. Then it settles into a delicious concentrated black plum jam, blackberries, vanilla oak just coming through the back end. The alcohol is very well integrated at 15.6%. The fairly long finish leaves you with some very soft tannins and some spice (juniper?). Very easy to drink, paired well with pasta & vodka sauce.
Drink now, this is as good as it gets!
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12/5/2008 - biggwater wrote: 95 Points
Fantastic wine. Bright fruit, especially for a petite. Perfect time to drink this wine, Even though this is a 15.5% alcohol wine, you would never know it. Great for winter food (braised beef ribs, pork with port sauce). Again the fruit shines with a backbone of tannins
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