Stags' Leap Winery Petite Sirah 2018, Napa Valley
Critic Reviews (4)
From old petit sirah (durif) vines on this Stags Leap estate, comes a deeply coloured, firm and well structured red...
Stags’ Leap represents one of California’s elite petite sirah in that it combines full and substantial fruit with...
Fruit for this petite sirah were sourced from across Napa Valley, including vineyards in Calistoga, St. Helena,...
Dense and peppery, with an appealing crunchiness, this petit verdot is sourced from both northern vineyards in...
Community Reviews (2)
Primarily Petite Sirah. Elegantly perfumed aromas of black and blue berry, dark plum, peppery spice, and cocoa, with some wood spice and reductive notes rise out of the glass. It's full-bodied and well-structured on the palate with juicy, ripe black and blue fruit, pepper, spices, and cocoa flavours with touches of smoky mineral and black raspberry adding further complexity. Acids are fresh, vibrant, and juicy, while the firm tannins are structured and grainy. Nicely balanced throughout with savoury, smoky mineral, and cocoa notes lingering on the very long finish. Tasted Jan. 2023.
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I feel bad giving this at 89 when I see so many great scores. This is a nice tasting wine, but to me it was very typical of a nice red. Good dark, fruit, a little peppery, firm tannins but not too much. It was good. The 89 is because I did not get the complexity that many others did. The wine did not evolve throughout the evening either. I like when I can taste a wine evolve is it breaths.
Still good though.
Tasted June 2023