Epiphany Petite Sirah Santa Barbara County (2007)
Winery: | Epiphany Cellars |
Region: | USA » California » Santa Barbara County » Santa Ynez Valley |
Varietal: | Petite Sirah |
Type: | Table Wines |
The Santa Barbara County AVA lies within the Central Coast territory of California. Like much of the state’s wine regions, grape planting began with the Catholic missionaries to make wine for ceremonial mass. Though Santa Barbara can boast some of the earliest plantings, beginning in the 1780s with Father Junipero Serra bringing Mission grape cuttings from Mexico and planting them in what is now the Milpas Creek district. From there, mission vineyards spread to San Jose, Santa Cruz, Carpinteria and Goleta (an adobe winery built there in 1804 has the distinction of being the area’s old landmark).
But also like most of California’s wine regions, production in Santa Barbara was hurt by the late 1800s Phylloxera crisis and further brought down by the Prohibition between 1921 to 1933. It wasn’t until the 1960s that a U.C. Davis study identified Santa Barbara County as a favorable wine-growing region due to its combination of soil types, geology, water and coastal climate conditions Read more »
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Santa Barbara on SnoothAugust 2017
Wonderful effort here. Bright red fruit, a touch of blackberry add to earthiness, sweet black cherry tannins and good acidity to give this a fresh, lingering finish. Drink now - 89 points - Paul Read More
August 2017
This is the 2010 vintage so lets see how it is after several years of aging.....sampling Aug 2017Nice violet hues with rusty red, brown/tawny beginnings and dark red cranberry skin coloration as well.....some particulate is swirling around so decanting is an option but not necessary. The aromas have probably given way to a degree but I am picki... Read More
July 2017
Quite dark plum color. Berry and violet aromas. Nice level of red berry, plums on the tip of the tongue. Quite deft with tannin and acid components. Clearly, this wine is the result of Adam Tolmachs adopted IPOB philosophy. While this is not a big fruit-forward California wine, make no mistake, it is however, it is a wine for California win... Read More
July 2017
Old world in style, shy on the nose, nice acidity with a tannin free finish. Reminds me of Macon Villages and at the same price point. On the second day this wine developed a more fruit forward nose and a tropical palate as well as a little butter. Nice wine, I recommend it. Read More
June 2017
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June 2017
Looking merely at wine, was wondering how the current hodge-podge of Trump ... ... to get worse. Places like Santa Barbara already had issues, now with the immigration muck up things could get much worse. Last year some $13mil of crops were left to rot in SB County fields, before being plowed under, because there weren't the hands to harvest t... Read More
May 2017
"with regard to Pinot Noir, I still prefer the ones from Oregon"You ... a Triumph Bonneville from Santa Barbara up PCH (as much as possible) to Mendocino in a couple of days, then learned an emergency meant I needed to be in Walla Walla the next day so rode straight through overnight. Was walking bowlegged for a day or two after that.Mark, tha... Read More
May 2017
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April 2017
Rich and filling with blueberry, meaty tones, pepper, sage and medium tannins and bright acidity leads to medium length finish. Well melded now this is readt to drink. 92 points - drink now - Paul Read More
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