We tasted last night at Laura's Pig+Fig some Petite Sirahs, including these two:
1. PolyMathWine PetiteSirah Calistoga/NapaVlly (13.4%) 2013: Very dark color; pretty intense blackberry/PS/bit peppery strong toasty/Am.oak bit licorice/PS bit complex nose; soft PS/licorice/peppery some pencilly/Am.oak light earthy/ripe rather simple flavor w/ light soft tannins; very long soft PS/oaked finish that mocks the flavor; a pleasant straightforward NapaVlly PS that has plenty of PS fruit but not much structure; probably not going to get much better.
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2. Trentadue Petite Sirah LaStoria 2018: Very dark color w/ scant bricking; strong vanilla/Am.oak some blackberry/PS rather old-timey/Calif Red bit simple nose; soft rather hard/tannic/rough/rustic old-timey Calif Red strong Am.oak/vanilla slight peppery/blackberry/PS some rustic flavor w/ rough/coarse tannins; med.long rough/rustic Am.oak/old-timey finish that mimics flavor; a old-timey Calif red that's not particularly attractive & rather rough/rustic/coarse; not agonna improve at all.
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More gerggerflit from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. This PolyMath was made by Scott Harvey when he & Dick Peterson were owners of the former Folie a Deux wnry, now owned by Trinchero Estates. I was doing a visit w/ Scott about Spring 2014 and tasted this from tank. I was quite impressed by it for its intensity & wanted to buy some from him. He sold it to us for a song (about $10/btl), bttld up 2-3 cases for us and made up this label PolyMath, as it had not yet been bttld & labeled. It was showing little signs of drying out & turning the corner.
Scott & Dick eventually sold out the wnry to Trinchero. Scott & Jana now make wines up in the ShenandoahVlly of AmadorCnty.
The Trentadue comes from old-vines on their property just West of Healdsburg. It was originally the source of the Ridge Geyserville Zin & contains a lot of Carignane. Just an old-timey Calif PS.
Tom