Jessup Cellars, Petite Sirah, Napa Valley

Jessup Cellars · California › Napa Valley › United States of America

Red · Petite Sirah
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90 /100
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27
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Taster #7726 · Jun 10, 2022
90/100
Consistent notes from my last bottle, but softer tannins - "Inky & silky, with black & blue fruit, creamy mocha and a little dust. Long finish and soft, but noticeable, tannins."
2008 vintage
Taster #6955 · Jan 11, 2020
87/100
On the downhill
2008 vintage
Taster #7726 · Apr 27, 2019
89/100
Inky & silky, with black & blue fruit, creamy mocha and a little dust. Long finish and soft, but noticeable, tannins.
2008 vintage
Taster #5017 · Dec 19, 2018
91/100
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are slow. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blueberry, blackberry, black currant (cassis), forest floor and stoniness. It tastes like blackberry, blueberry and black currant (cassis). The body is medium/full. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
2008 vintage
Taster #3008 · Dec 1, 2018
93/100
Deep colour with obvious sign of age. Dark fruit with smooth palate and softening tannins. Long finish. Still plenty of life left - would not have picked as 10 yo. Very enjoyable.
2008 vintage
Taster #9668 · Oct 7, 2018
88/100
I let it breathe and decant for an hour and still nothing. It’s past it’s prime. If you own it drink it now.
2008 vintage
Taster #1908 · Jul 25, 2017
Definitely past its prime
2003 vintage
Taster #6955 · Jan 22, 2016
90/100
Consistently good
2008 vintage
Taster #6955 · Jan 16, 2016
90/100
Intense petit Sirah that rivals Montelena
2008 vintage
Taster #6955 · Sep 13, 2015
90/100
Delightful petit Sirah
2008 vintage
Taster #6955 · Jul 3, 2015
90/100
Very tightly wound right out of the bottle. Smelled like oxidized wine. Gave it half hour to open up - complete transformation. We'll layered and long finish
2008 vintage
Taster #6955 · May 16, 2015
91/100
Great Petit Sirah!
2008 vintage
Taster #0785 · Sep 27, 2014
91/100
Big and Smokey!
2008 vintage
Taster #7147 · Apr 21, 2013
Remember this being smooth and fairly balanced. Talk about dark, this was deep deep purple. The 15.4% alcohol didnt dominate like one might expect. Paired pretty well with bbq. This was a very nice petite sirah. Didn't find this over extracted at all. Nicely done.
2008 vintage
Taster #6527 · Feb 4, 2013
94/100
Absolutely delicious. A little tight out of the bottle. Gave it two more days and really opened up. Chocolate notes, cherry. Very nice.
2008 vintage
Taster #0420 · Feb 3, 2013
94/100
Wonderful. Great example of what Jessup can do.
2008 vintage
Taster #1908 · Jan 18, 2013
94/100
Decanted for about 3 hours and wine was stellar. Glad I have two more bottles.
2003 vintage
Taster #7217 · Dec 19, 2012
82/100
Two bottles.
2003 vintage
Taster #2422 · Sep 4, 2012
90/100
A little bit of spice and fruit followed by more earthy flavors
2008 vintage
Taster #0433 · May 5, 2012
91/100
2009, actually. Chocolate nose, Oh boy, drink with dark chocolate and it is a definite a hydraulic dessert. This was best of show or Jessup! One et to taste though.
2008 vintage
Taster #6022 · Mar 13, 2012
90/100
Good wine. Tobacco and leather. Dry with a medium finish.
2008 vintage
Taster #6022 · Feb 29, 2012
89/100
Licorice and plums on the nose. Tobacco flavors. Very dry with a medium finish. Good wine.
2008 vintage
Taster #3681 · May 17, 2011
91/100
Started off very dry with much tannins and tasted of the small young grapes. But later with food, the flavors evolved and had bigger flavors.
2008 vintage
Taster #0287 · Mar 27, 2011
90/100
Very strong initial red berry (raspberry) taste followed by smooth mid and end palate with smooth tannins and finish. Already drinking well and worth opening. The initial raspberry taste is strong and pronounced but not overpowering to the rest of the taste. Re-tasted rest of bottle few days later and it held up well. Lost some of the finesse but the initial red berry taste was still there and pleasant.
2008 vintage
Taster #2369 · Dec 19, 2010
90/100
Dark, Spicy, smooth tannins, nice finish
2003 vintage
Taster #2369 · Dec 16, 2010
88/100
A nice petite sirah, dark a bit more earthy but nice fruit. I didn't like it as much as the Ledson petite sirah.
2003 vintage
Taster #2369 · Aug 7, 2010
91/100
Very dark inky color, velvet in the mouth with smooth tannins and solid finish, a very nice petite sirah.
2003 vintage
Taster #2369 · Jun 7, 2010
89/100
nice nose, good color, has some tannin (even second day). Good fruit, not much earth and thats what I like in a sirah.
2003 vintage
Taster #6331 · Feb 28, 2010
94/100
What a fabulous wine. The bouquet was intoxicating, with wonderful fruit and a hint of oak. The wine was still tight, and easily could have been cellared another year (did not decant). We are talking a big wine with big fruit, muscular with nice tannins and a hint of alcohol that softened over the 2 hour dinner. An elegant finish and generous mouth feel that just got better as the evening progressed. Made a great companion to my cheeseburger!
2003 vintage