2003 Petite Syrah
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Score 92+/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2006
Bright, full ruby. Captivating aromas of blackberry, blueberry, crushed pepper, iron and smoked meat. Densely packed, sweet and chewy, with explosive, juicy fruit of noteworthy purity; a bit less jammy than the nose suggests. Finishes with huge but sweet tannins and a lingering flavor of chocolate truffle. Boasts superb depth of fruit flavor for petite sirah.
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92/100
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92
92/100
Robert Parker
92
92+/100
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Score 92/100 · Drink 2010-2025, Robert Parker, Dec 2005
The 2003 Petite Sirah is a classic. Opaque purple to the rim, with a big, sweet nose of blackberries, white flowers, crushed rocks, vanilla, and smoke, ferociously tannic but enormously concentrated and extracted, this wine needs 5-6 years of bottle age and will handsomely repay two decades of aging. Tel. (707) 965-2669
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