Parducci True Grit Petite Sirah 2005

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Winery:

Parducci Wine Cellars

Varietal:

Petite Sirah

Region:

USA > California > North Coast

Type:

Red Wine

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Drink Dates:

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User Tags:  spices, nose, big, rich, herbaceous, american cuisine, bramble fruits, berry, beef, hot 

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What to Expect

Petite Sirah is one of a group of grapes that took to a new home - in this case California - after moving from the relative obscurity enjoyed at its birthplace - France in this case - where it is called Duriff. While never particularly elegant nor subtle, Petite Sirah can produce large-scaled, intense wines with bright flavors of blue and plummy fruits, rich with earthy tannins.

Winemakers Notes

2 0 0 5 PARDUCCI TRUE GRIT
PETITE S IRAH, Mendo c ino
T R U E G R I T
Can a wine be rugged and true? Can it be swaggering, brash and confident? Taste True Grit and you’ll answer, “Yes!” Petite Sirah survived
phylloxera and Prohibition, and some of those old, burly vines still stand, among the oldest in America. We’ve been making Petite Sirah at Parducci for generations. We know our way around this
varietal, and True Grit is something special: big and bold, with plenty of heart. Dark, intense, peppery, and a little rough around the edges.
Brash when young, read more...but worth waiting for – it mellows with age.

TA S T I N G N O T E S
Heady aromas of ripe fruit, white pepper and vanilla are followed by an intense rush of fresh blackberry, dark chocolate, pepper and caramel flavors. True Grit is a natural mate for seared steak, sausage,
grilled pork loin, and smoked meats. This wine is big, but can dance lightly in both familiar and exotic menu settings.

VARIETALS: 92% PETITE SIRAH, 8% GRENACHE
VINEYARDS: 100% MENDOCINO COUNTY
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
BOTTLED: JANUARY 2008
CASES PRODUCED: 1,575
PH: 3.65
TA: 0.56    (hide)

Editorial Reviews

Gregory-
Dal Piaz

Hand of Snooth Voice of Snooth

7,131

Man give me a great big rare burger with a thick slice or bermuda onion on it and this will sing!. Lots of plum, sugared raspberry, muddy earth, wood spice, and india ink on the nose with a full, polished feel. Really well integrated structural elements support rich, dark yet fresh fruit in the mouth with a bit of grabbing tannin popping on the moderately long finish. Neither a brute nor rustic, just pure, balanced petite. A lovely wine in its own way. 89pts

April 2009

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