No motivation, no enthusiasm. I have experienced the same thing at Best Buy/Lowes/Home Depot/Walmart etc. But you go for the prices, well maybe not Best Buy. What really stinks is when you go to an expensive place, expecting quality, and you find out they have no idea what they are talking about.

Big G, Hmmmm not sure I can say this was a good EP, but I'll take it.
I'm in a good mood. That's because it's good night to be a Chicago Bear fan. I think Mike Martz will be a good fit for Da Bears and counting Lovie we will now have 4 coaches that have been head football coaches in the NFL. Can't wait for next year.

QOTD: You reviewed a 2006 Bogle Petite Sirah a while back and told us that particular varietal was their indigenous grape and that's why it was pretty good for the price. I have been buying it ever since and it really is serviceable. There was another very good Petite Sirah I bought from you and that was 2003 Wooden Nickel.

We do a wine class on Sundays and this week we were focusing on Loire wines. We taste everything blind and I was really expecting the 2005 Baumard Quart de Chaume to blow everyone away. It didn't

Have not watched the episode yet but GV and Petite Sirah do not go together

what other sweet wines were in the lineup? the Baumard QdC is one of the greatest wines in the world IMHO, but they need time, food, and people who really appreciate sweet wines. I served a stunning wine that was slightly off-dry at a tasting for the general public. The reaction was mostly “thats not good, its sweet.”

Because of white zin, people are afraid to like wines with RS. But thats okay, it keeps my Baumard affordable!

pushup on Monday morning – Astonauts to the moon – hahahahah

Still no emails……………

I have not enjoyed an Elyse Petite Sirah early in release for a few years now – They come together after a few years-have to agree with you on that- but having seen an episode or 2 of WineLibrary TV – I know we do not align on Petite Sirah-

QOTD:
I love Petite Sirah-
QOTD Part 2-
You loved that Peachy Canyon Petite which I thought was way overboard for that wine-that was sad- and since it is still in stock at WL I figure more people were not crazy about it either

Petite Sirah will be back. Sorry to get all personal, but recently, after a long trip overseas, I settled in for a wait at Dulles Airport and ordered a Petite Sirah — just to get me through. And it was magnificent! Large, bold, jammy, tannic — with a big finish. And it changed my whole mood from numbed boredom to satisfied relaxation. I sympathize with your dashed expectations tonight, but when P.S. comes through, it really comes through. Also, I loved the show because of your emotional honesty.

Petite Sirah can be absolutely fantastic when it is dialed in. I am sorry you experienced the wines that you did. I love the Rosenblum Petite Sirah. It brings to the table what you expect for a lot less money. I am drinking a 2006 Leonetti Cellars merlot that I fully expected to be phenomenal. I am truly disappointed. In the past I have felt like I was indulging in a fantasy wine. Tonight I feel like I am in a nightmare. For eighty bucks you expect more and it did not deliver. Oh well, that is wine. Love your show.

QOTD 1: It's okay. I've enjoyed certain Petite Sirah in the past, but it's not something I've bought for myself in a really long time.

QOTD 2: I recently finished a drawing that I've been working on for a long time and it didn't really come out as well as I had hoped.

Gary,
I have a question about holding times for wine. For example, if the critics say a wine will be at its peak in 3-5 years, is that 3-5 years from the vintage year or from the time its bottled and available on the market? i.e.2005 juice may not be in a bottle til 2007. Does the clock start in 05 or 07?
Thanks!

sucks glen will look more into it

its tough

Thanks Homey…!!!

If you can find a McManis 2007(must be 07) Petite Sirah-should be around $8-$9 a bottle try it- I think it is one of the finest bottles under $10 I have had

Gary, a few months ago I went to a Robert Foley tasting and I had the Petite Sirah, Merlot, Charbono, Claret, Pino Blanc and Griffon Red and they all tasted VERY similar. I don't know if that is make -up (oak) or what. I did like and buy the Charbono and Griffon but something just did not seem right with these wines. The Petit Sirah tasted a lot like the Merlot. That can't be right.
Try them yourself and see. It was wierd.

Have a friend who planted right next door to Switchback. Cannot wait for this fruit in a couple of years!

Yea I know what you mean.

Do you always drink your wines soooo young? I wouldn't have touched that Merlot for 6-8 years unless I had a case or two and just wanted to see what they were like in their infancy. Perhaps still closed from bottling/shipping? The producer certainly knows his stuff… I'm still waiting on my '02s.

Thanks GAry. I've always wondered that myself. Thanks for asking the question I never have Gayle!

Martin

As a P.S. grover and producer @ 2600 feet I think you should try P.S. from higher elevations. The P.S. from the valley floor in CA often is missing complexity.

Rut Ro…I think somebody needs a scooby snack.
I think it might be a little dangerous to generalize how you feel about California Petite Sirah based on three tastings. Saying that your not sure what California has to offer is pretty out there considering you only tasted those three wines, regardless of how they were scored.

QOTD: I have had some great Petite Sirah's. I really love big bold single varietals like Cab franc, petite Verdot and Petite Sirah, But like all wines out there, not every one of them is going to be spectacular.

QOTD:Probably turning 21,it was all hipped up and exciting.Then the night comes everybody wants to buy you all his crap that they know will just kill you, and you wake up the next day hung as hell and realize it really was all just a blurr you can't remember anyway.

Gary,
Am I correct that you score the wine as is showing right now? Or are you factoring how you expect it to taste at maturity? I was surprised at your comment that you didn't believe the Petite Syrah wines “would evolve.” Perhaps they won't, but I've found that one of the characteristics of wine when consumed too young is that they often come off as somewhat “one-dimensional”…many young Bordeaux can come off in this way…as I'm sure you've noticed. Give (for instance) Bordeaux wines 10-12 years in the cellar, and the bottle of “fruit & tannin” it displays in its youth usually evolves into a wonderfully complex and multi-faceted wine, as one would expect from great Bordeaux. A bottle of 2006 Chateau Lafite Rothschild consumed today would be “one-dimensional” compared with a bottle opened in 2016-2020, when its nearing maturity. Bordeaux is certainly unique, but all “big” tannic, fruity wines, regardless of origin, will evolve, will they not? At least the tannin and fruit will fade and change over time, if not always for the better.
Petite Syrah, at least the more expensive, “serious” ones (Turley) can take many years to reach their ultimate potential. The less structured, concentrated styles (Bogle) are pretty decent right out of the bottle, and tend to improve very little with cellar time. Maybe (and I'm just shootin' off my mouth here) you could inform your viewers how long (in your opinion) before the wine being tasted will reach its optimum drinking window? As always, these are just my personal musings, to be taken (or disgarded) with a grain of salt. And now, under the cover of darkness, I shall slip away…

LOL…nice!