Machado Creek Vineyard Petite Sirah

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.

plonk. 2015.

Mike had this 7 years ago