Produced from one of California’s most underrated varietals, the 2004 Petite Sirah boasts plenty of blackberry, smoke, licorice, and incense aromas, beautiful flavors of blueberries, vanilla, violets, and other assorted flowers, and plenty of silky tannin. Still unevolved and primary, but beautifully made, it should be at its finest between 2009-2020.Tel. (707) 963-3235; Fax (707) 963-3257

Not particularly likeable for its sharp acids and green minty unripeness that simply emphasize the tannins.——S.H.(2/1/2007)—— 82