Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
89
/100
Reviews
14
professional
Vintages
1
2008
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89/100
Petite Sirah
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91
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Taster #1135
· Oct 17, 2024
90/100
Aged beautifully!
2008 vintage
Taster #0411
· Jan 29, 2017
90/100
Deep opaque purple, amber at the edge. Spice, cassis and blackberry leather notes on the nose. Silky tannins and breezy acidity made for a cleansing mouthfeel. Dark berry, spice and wood mulch flavors are nicely balanced. Medium long finish.
2008 vintage
Taster #0611
· Nov 7, 2016
90/100
Awesome stuff, big tannins.
2008 vintage
Taster #3266
· Aug 3, 2014
90/100
Similiar note, still young, give it a long decant. www.winelx.com
2008 vintage
Taster #3266
· Apr 16, 2014
90/100
A bold nose of dark fruit and spice, dark purple in color. A full bodied bold PS, with blackberry, blueberry, cassis, dark chocolate and spice on long finish, it took hours in a decant to get there, was too harsh right out of the bottle. Give it a long decant to enjoy wine at it’s best, still young. www.winelx.com
2008 vintage
Taster #1640
· Aug 9, 2013
Wow, this is really rocking now. After a couple hours open it is delivering just about everything I could imagine a Petite Sirah should. I've tasted a lot of Daou's juice and this ranks right up there.
2008 vintage
Taster #5287
· May 18, 2013
90/100
Dark and jammy. Able to drink right after opening, but softened a bit in a short while.
2008 vintage
Taster #1640
· Nov 19, 2012
91/100
Definitely best after a long (6+hr) aeration . Beautiful dark purple color, almost 100% saturated and the legs take over 30 seconds to form. Berry jam and flowers on the high-powered nose. Big body but not overweight and a very nice balance in the mouth. Smooth, fruity, additional layers of white chocolate, currant, and licorice. Medium to long finish with seamless composure. Good example and though it's not a Scholium or Foley, it is spot on for $30. 5+12+16+8 = …
2008 vintage
Taster #1628
· Jun 11, 2012
89/100
- Brick color and has flavours of blackberry.
2008 vintage
Taster #4939
· Mar 18, 2012
90/100
Very fruity and smooth. Had it with corned beef and cabbage and really complemented the strong taste of the corned beef.
2008 vintage
Taster #5106
· Nov 9, 2011
91/100
Deep, dark, and loaded with rich berry preserves, this wine’s nose is inky and complex. Showing notes of pepper, smoke, and dried potpourri with a faint kitchen spice quality in the background, there is definitely a lot going on here. The palate is dominated by dark fruit preserves. A very dark core shows tones of forest berries, cracked black pepper, cold stones, and potpourri. This is a multilayered, mouth filling, deliciously hedonistic Petite Sirah, easily worth trying. Source: What's Worth …
2008 vintage
Taster #4128
· Oct 1, 2011
taste: spicy dark fruitiness, light-bodied with full flavors, dark plum, bright ripe black cherry, butter, vanilla, spice, big structure other: 95% petite sirah, 5% viognier, Tanzer 90pts, Wilfred Wong 91pts
2008 vintage
Taster #2546
· Jul 16, 2011
91/100
Lunch at Willi's Wine Bar (Willi's Wine Bar, Santa Rosa, California) : Very dark red violet color; tart black fruit, blackberry, tar, lavender nose; a little tight, tart berry, ripe black fruit, clove, tar palate; needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish
2008 vintage
Taster #6975
· Jul 9, 2011
78/100
Tasting room pour. Typical dark saturated color. Sweet fruit on nose with a weird & distracting cinnamon candy type aroma. Overly sweet fruit on palate with some toasted oak. Very loose and unfocused. This wine is powered by its sugar. 78
2008 vintage
Taster #1641
· Mar 26, 2011
87/100
Decanted 1 1/2 hours, consumed over 1 1/2 hours. Very smooth and a touch ripe for petite sirah, and showing the influence of the 5% viognier. Dark, sweet berries and some vanilla on the nose. Similar notes on the palate, with pervasive soft acids (malo?) and subtle black pepper, but the dominant impression is still rich, polished dark fruit. Good weight in the mouth, with a nice finish. I wanted to like this more, but it's missing some complexity and …
2008 vintage
Taster #0318
· Jan 7, 2011
83/100
Black color. A bit closed on the nose. Slightly overripe entry of blackberry that turns structured on the stemmy finish. Ripe fruit is not enough to make a good wine.
2008 vintage