Louis Martini, N°254 Thomann Station Vineyard Petite Sirah, Napa Valley

A nice mix of fruit here. Aromas ranging from crushed raspberry, leathery blackberry, and black plum skin to licorice root, cola, wild violets and ground allspice. This is still a brute of a wine, with an inky purple color, tons of extract and acid and tannin that are through the roof. Usually not my style but this is very good. The fruit is pure and linear on the palate, with nice complexity throughout, including further notes of roasted applewood and …

It is dry but has body and character.

Decent, farily dry wine.

Sugar plum, brown sugar, dark chocolate. Rich.

Wow, this is a dark brooding port-like red. It is rich with dark berries, asphalt, dark cocoa, and a hint of caramel. It isn’t too oaky. I had left the bottle upright for two weeks, and now inside of the bottle is stained black, so it looks like the bottle is still full. I have never seen anything like this before.

Excellent! Although a tad past it’s peak, great earthy notes and berries. A wonderful drinker of great vintage.

Dark, dark purple and dry as a bone. Delicious tannins. I want to say berry flavors that are under-ripe yet not greenish; and a little spice.

Sadly this might be past it's prime -- lots of sediment.

Full body with dark fruit and tannins. Better with food.

A richly extracted purple color. Dark aromas of plum sauce, roasted figs, cocoa powder and vanilla. Full and so rich on the palate, plenty of tannic structure but they’re not abrasive, and the acid is a bit low. But the fruit tastes complex and high-quality (juicy boysenberry, wild blackberries and dark plums. Flavors of coffee, cocoa powder, pepper glaze and vanilla. Definitely worth putting this down for a handful of years and checking up on it. 100% Petite Sirah Aged …

Blueberries,bosenberry,plum, chocolate on the nose. Chocolate,cooking spices, blackberry on the palate. Finish goes on for a good 30 seconds. Tannins are evident and oak is well blended.

Impressive wine. Inky black-ruby and quite aromatic. Rich fruit on the palate. Plenty of stuffing but drinking great even now. A real revelation for this winery. 5-12-17-8: 92/100.

Big fruit bomb Napa cab masquerading as petite sirah. Will buy again. Great stuff!

Classic inky, opaque, purply-ruby color. Aerate and decant for a medium blackberry and plum nose. In the mouth, teeth-staining full body and rich palate of plum skin and blackberry; with tannins that are at the same time persistent, firm, and smooth. Acidity seems to take a back seat until it emerges later in the long, dark chocolate finish, when it is sometimes mouth watering. Extracted and structured for aging, yet this wine is seductive and delicious now. Whatever lacking in …