It is not common to encounter a Petite Sirah as a single varietal wine. It produces tannic wines with a savoury and almost meaty character and dense blackberry fruit making it a useful blender but if the tannins are carefully managed it can make an age worthy and supple wine on its lonesome.
Aroma: Wow almost a Berlin Wall of blackberry!
Palate: Solid and full-bodied oozing with blackberry, smoked meat and just a bit of milk chocolate. The tannins are well managed here and almost minimal as well as the acids. A long finish. An example of that please everyone smooth California red inoffensive to no one.
Personality: I am a big brute without a plethora of muscle popping out of my shirt. I have been neutered.
Food Match: Roast lamb full of garlic which you have placed in the slits you have made in the meat.
Cellarbility: Drink until the end of 2026 as it will soften a bit more but it is already mighty supple.
Price: $23 CDN (Ontario).
RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 86/100.
(McManis Family Vineyards 2022 Petite Sirah, AVA Lodi, McManis Family Vineyards, Ripon California 13.5%, 750 mL).
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