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Snoop Dogg Cali Red Petite Sirah Blend
California, USA
Deep Ruby with aromas of red and black fruits, herbs and spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and black cherry with tobacco, oak and black pepper. Firm tannins, medium finish ending with oak and spice.
Deep Ruby with aromas of red and black fruits, herbs and spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and black cherry with tobacco, oak and black pepper. Firm tannins, medium finish ending with oak and spice.
1 person found it helpfulMar 23rd, 2022Diane like it. Had on New Year’s Day with my family.
Diane like it. Had on New Year’s Day with my family.
1 person found it helpfulJan 2nd, 2022
Jammy sweet but velvet light finish
Jammy sweet but velvet light finish
1 person found it helpfulDec 15th, 2021
This was tough to drink. First sips were ok but became syrupy and jammy for me.
This was tough to drink. First sips were ok but became syrupy and jammy for me.
Dec 29th, 2022
I am solidly in the “don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it” school of thought, so I very much violated my own rules when I compared this wine negatively to the Bedrock Evanghelo Zin earlier this year without ever having tried it. I knew I had to right this wrong ASAP and brought this to my group’s blind tasting. The verdict: guilty pleasure wine.
At $9.99 a bottle (the Whole Foods down the street had a special), this wine was a steal (even if priced 2-4x, I would drink this wine over the Prisoner any day).
If you are like me, you don’t believe Snoop would put his name on anything subpar and rest assured, this wine is solid. At first sniff and sip, you get aromas of bruised black plum and blueberry syrup. It’s verging on Port in ripeness and alc (14.1%) and there’s probably some RS but it’s still seductive and pretty. On the palate, the wine is balanced, with a shocking lightness on the initial attack followed by a sweet cigar note, discrete tannins and a pleasant bitterness (a friend suggested later press factions maybe) on the finish to cut the sweetness perfectly.
Not the wine you want every night with dinner (you’ll wake up with a raging headache), but the wine you want with a blue cheese burger or saucy barbecue. And you’ll gladly pour yourself another glass. Mostly Petit Sirah and Zin.
If this is the bar, I look forward to trying Martha’s Chard.
I am solidly in the “don’t knock it ‘til you’ve tried it” school of thought, so I very much violated my own rules when I compared this wine negatively to the Bedrock Evanghelo Zin earlier this year without ever having tried it. I knew I had to right this wrong ASAP and brought this to my group’s blind tasting. The verdict: guilty pleasure wine.
At $9.99 a bottle (the Whole Foods down the street had a special), this wine was a steal (even if priced 2-4x, I would drink this wine over the Prisoner any day).
If you are like me, you don’t believe Snoop would put his name on anything subpar and rest assured, this wine is solid. At first sniff and sip, you get aromas of bruised black plum and blueberry syrup. It’s verging on Port in ripeness and alc (14.1%) and there’s probably some RS but it’s still seductive and pretty. On the palate, the wine is balanced, with a shocking lightness on the initial attack followed by a sweet cigar note, discrete tannins and a pleasant bitterness (a friend suggested later press factions maybe) on the finish to cut the sweetness perfectly.
Not the wine you want every night with dinner (you’ll wake up with a raging headache), but the wine you want with a blue cheese burger or saucy barbecue. And you’ll gladly pour yourself another glass. Mostly Petit Sirah and Zin.
If this is the bar, I look forward to trying Martha’s Chard.