This past August our little wine group met and the theme was Petite
Sirah. I knew this ahead of time so while in Wine Country for a wedding
in June I went in search of something yummy to bring back with me. A friend
recommended that I set up an appointment to visit Coffaro while in the
area and I did (along with my in-laws) and grabbed some '99
Petite Sirah to carry back home with me. Now, let me just say that
our wine group is very informal and mostly made up of folks who like to
drink wine (as opposed to those who like to sit around talking about drinking
wine ;-). We had a wide variety of Petite's to choose from (some nasty,
some nice) and the overall consensus at the end of the evening was that
the Coffaro Petite was most wonderful (runner up was a nice Petite from
Christopher Creek). I think I would agree with Keith (in the previous posting)
that the Coffaro Petite was more "approachable" but there was definitely
no lack of character to the wine. It very much challenged your palate to
wake up and be an active participant. There was much reward for doing so.
Yum. ;-)
Anyway, I was kicking myself for only grabbing 6 bottles while out there since I'm not very good at letting good wine sit around for too long! :-) I just finished signing up for some 2001 futures and grabbing a few bottles of what's left in the 2000 stash.
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99 Petite Syrah
Keith McCoy, October 8, 2001
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David Rich, October 16, 2001RETURN