Machado Creek Vineyard Petite Sirah

Just not that interesting. Extracted a touch too far, too much acid and structure for the fruit.

Enjoyed with rare flank steak and chimichurri plus arugula salad. Perfect peppery flavor to pair with the steak.

Really consistent and solid Petite Sirah. Big blue fruits, chewy tannins.

Big ole beefy bottle. Fancy. Does that mean it’s going to be good? Maybe that it should be aged long? Anyway, pretty cool etched dragonfly on the label. So dark ya can’t look through it in the glass. Smells lovely. Sweet alfalfa blossoms with olives and something musky. Has an herbal side as well. Fenugreek? Fennel? Forests? It’s lovely on the tongue. Savory. Is that bacon? Lamb and prune stew? Or popcorn seasoned with butter, smoked chiles and nutritional yeast? As savory of a red as I’ve every tried. The seasoned pork thing really hits on this. Hint of fruit. Maybe dried plum? Definitely slightly sweet good cured olives. Dark black licorice as well. Drying on the finish. Chewy as Chewbacca’s throaty yelp. If you like big Petite’s and you cannot lie this fits right in your wheelhouse.

Definitely can taste the berry, but fairly well-balanced (for me) with the acidity and the slightest smokiest. Did I LOVE it? No. But was it a nice, organically-produced wine with dinner? Yes.

Lazy Sunday. First time in the LA Philharmonic, still getting used to the normal work rhythm.

Good fizz and not bad overall taste. Sweet on initial contact and slight bitter after tones. Highly Reminiscent of red cupcake wine.

A fair petite syrah. A bit harsher on the palate than I like.

2012 vintage

Appropriately sweet. Smells almost as good as it tastes