Learn about the Petite Sirah - Episode #609

Learn about the Petite Sirah Episode #609 Hello everybody, welcome to Wine Library TV, I am your host Gary Vaynerchuk. If you don’t have it by now Mott, you’ll never going to get it and we are very ecstatic to be her on the Thunder Show here today. Piper is riding my little pony, so you know that it’s going to be a very action-packed episode. And this episode is actually completely dedicated to one man. Low Jacobson, who is a huge vaniac, and definitely on of the most passionate individuals about a specific varietal and his love is Petite Sirah, so happy birthday and big dedication to you on today’s show. We’ve got a really interesting lineup here today of four Petite Sirah’s. One, being a dessert one, and one, being probably the one that most people in America can find and locate. And then, actually the other two are fairly available in good wine shops across the country, so nothing too impossible to find. We’re really trying to focus more on that as, more people jumping in and email me saying, “Hey, I want to find the one. It’s hard to fine the wines.” The Petite Sirah is a very fascinating grape varietal. First, kind of hit the scene in 1880 range, Francois Durif, D-U-R-I-F, is a grape varietal that is the synonym of, you know, Petite Sirah. They’re all the same. Petite Sirah is Durif and Durif is Petite Sirah, at least by US standards for sure. Always a great level of controversy over that but it’s pretty much established that the Durif grape, which he named it after himself, I like this Francois Durif character, because there definitely be a vainer shoot grape, I discovered something like that. The way he did that was he pollinated Syrah into a Belarusian vine, Belarusian being a grape varietal in the Rhone Valley that a lot of people are not super familiar with. So he took these two grapes across, pollinated them, and he germinated, if you want to get really serious now, the Belarusian vine and out came this new varietal called Durif, now known as Petite Sirah. Not to be confused with regular Syrah, S-Y-R-A-H. And it’s a very small, intense, focused grape varietal. We’ve done shows on Petite Sirah, if you want more backdrop information about that, Mott, link up the Petite Sirah episodes. Just search Petite Sirah on the side, if it’s specifically Petite Sirah. Bag it out. Four wines, I’m really excited about this because I haven’t tasted, Petite Sirah in a long time. And a lot of my peeps, my friends from along the way, love drinking this wine as the value play of their cellar, very fond of David Bruce in general from the Central Coast, just globally. Their wines, I’ve been looking forward to trying that. Lolonis and the Orpheus wine is extremely famous. New label for them and then you know, the Tea vine. This is known as psychedelic rooster, that’s the name of this wine. Psychedelic Rooster Sticky, I mean pretty me. I’m going to ending the dessert wine to show the flexibility of the Petite Sirah. Great, but first, let’s get right into the first wine. Want to give a big shout out to everybody, who left comments from yesterday’s wacky episode, I appreciate it. I had a lot of fun, wild episode. This wine is nine US dollars. Mott, we’re both losing it. Bogle , 2006, Petite Sirah, 9 UD dollars, so value play there and let’s see what’s going on here, some interesting color coming through. Let’s give it a sniffy sniff. Interesting, I get a nice little, yeah, a little bit of like a brown sugar thing going on, Mott, on the nose, which I like quite a bit. A little bit of a tar component coming through as well, and some blackberries, I mean, classic blackberries, let’s dump a little bit of tar and just a, maybe two, two scoops of brown sugar. And let’s give it a whirl. Good floral component, really attaching right away. Nice back end structure. No hollow mid palate, which is really the genetic, you know the function of so many California wines. A little hot, just a hair, thirteen five, just a hair, little heat, nothing major. Good black fruit, blackberries, kind of nice, I mean, good value, good oomph, you know, it’s there. It’s a wine, it’s real, it’s not cowardly like Le Lion. It is a real play, a solid wine. Very smooth, good richness, I like this wine. I like it a lot actually. The thing is a tremendous pizza wine, Wednesday night, you’re renting the Wrestler, in a couple of months and you want to pop on a wine that doesn’t hurt your budget, and it could be found in most parts of the country, I think the ’06 Bogle Petite Sirah’s a nice little play. I think this is just a very good value wine. I’m pretty surprised. Usually I like to dist on the homies from along the way to tell me this is a great wine. We’ve done some shows like, Mott, you’ve seen, and we’ve pounded it, but this and I’ve had some Bogle Petite Sirah that I’ve been kind of mad about, but this one’s ’06. Less fake than I though it might be. Good wine. I’m going to score this wine 89 points. I think it’s a darling. Oh, a darling. I like that. A darling of a wine and I think that it’s extremely well made. I think it’s an absolute play for the CKC’s. We’ve not given a shout out to the CKC’s for a minute. Big shout out to the CKC’s, the college, kid, and crew. There’s a bump load of you still watching. I appreciate it and many more, getting pounded on face book. And I’m feeling this. This is a definite CKC ply, nine bones, probably eight to ten dollars around the country. I’m very fond of this wine. 89 points, completely, completely. Starts off the show well. I did not expect to enjoy that wine on that kind of level. I thought it showed extremely well. Let’s move on. David Bruce, 2006, Central Coast, Petite Sirah, 13.8 percent alcohol, 16 US dollars. And I’m excited on seeing what this thing has got going on. Dark color, definite, definite dark color, give it a rinse. So obviously, yesterday, we announced the vaniacs Cabernet Contest. We’re excited about that, so I hope all you artists are working out this weekend. Let’s give it a sniff… I like this, very simple label. Look at this from the back. Look at their statement. I like that, “Taste our Dedication”. And that’s it, and their out. They’re like Chris, dropping the mic. I like that. It’s a bold statement. Let’s see if we could taste their dedication. Let’s give it a sniffy sniff. This is definitely darker than the last wine. Right of the bath, not as intriguing on the nose, a little bit of strawberry jam coming through on the nose. Little bit of like a cob webby component on the nose. Little addict action I guess. That’s what I would call it, which is interesting. Little smoky, little bit of leather back, you know, and they’re a little leather. Give it a whirl. Good complexity, good fruit. I like the black pepper, like cracked pepper, you know, coming through, which I like. I also get a, like a, little bit of chocolate play on the mid palate, black current, coming though as well on the backend of the mid palate but a little grim, a little bitter, definitely a little bit of an awkward little wine. I’m not feeling good as much as the Bogle, which is almost half the price of this David Bruce. It’s a good complexity though, like I said. There’s a lot going on here. There are violets, there’s some leather, there’s a little bit chockiness, a little cob webby action, black current, I mean, it’s got some things going on. But it’s a little disjointed, hot on the back, hallow on the mid palate, no transition fruit whatsoever. I’m going to go 84 points on this wine and give it a “pass” and this is kind of ironic. A wine traditionally that I’ve not, that I have liked, and that’s why tasting each vintage, not getting into the same old rut, being open-minded and not going in with pre-conceived notions, is such a factor. I’m really enjoying wine. I’m not taking it a little back. I’m little caught off guard, but you got to call them, like you see them. Christopher. That’s what I’m going to call you from now on. Christopher. Link it up, Christopher. Yeah, I’m taking it as a pass. I’m a little disappointed. I don’t know if you can tell it from my tone. I really, really thought this was a big play for a lot of people, was excited about sharing it, a David Bruce. That being said, great wine, they’re consistently making good wines. Just didn’t do it for me. Let’s move on. Lolonis, 2005, Orpheus, this is a Single Vineyard from the Redwood Valley, Petite Sirah heritage Vineyard. Very, very serious wine, 93 points wine enthusiast, 28 US dollars, beating the number of Curtis Martin, it brings a little luck. 28 bones, so you’re getting into the price. You’re getting a lot of Petite Sirah’s. My friends, you can get a lot of Petite Sirah’s that can get up there in price points. 28 bones, 93 points wine enthusiast, similar in color to the last wine. Let’s give is a sniffy sniff. I get a creamy orange kind of thing going on right at the back of the nose. It’s very awkward and weird. Heavily oaked, I mean I get a lot of vanilla, like spicy oak flavor on the nose. I’m very concern, going in that this is going to be an oak monster. We haven’t seen the oak monster but you know what we haven’t seen a CKC shell out in a while either. Have we vayniacs? So we don’t have any idea what might happen. I’m betting, a couple of bucks, I’m betting a couple of bucks Mott, you know what, I’m going to bet a couple of bones, here you go, I’m going to bet a crisp hundo. That’s all I got, so I sound like crazy, a crisp hundo, Christopher; the oak monster’s going to make an appearance. You want to pony up. Because you’re going to call, because even if he wasn’t there, I’ll go like, there, you don’t see it, there it is, very heavy, spicy, spicy oaked coming through on the nose. It’s really kind of drenching thing that I get on the wine. There is this little bit of like cherry flavors coming through. But boy, this oak is really starting to open up. Let’s give it a whirl. Christopher, you could’ve made a hundred bucks. I’m a little bit surprised. The oak monster is not in here. Is there oak? Yes. Is there the vanilla? Yes. Is there a little bit of that cram Berlet inside of an inclaire? Yes. It’s very creamy that way. But I wouldn’t say the oak monster made an appearance. It’s not completely over the top. Now, had Christopher and I bet, you damn will straight, I would have said the oak monster was here. That being said, it’s just not. Again, maybe I’m sensitive today to the heat. I don’t know why. 14.5 In alcohol, I keep not believing this people, I keep thinking their higher. Good intensity, good fruit, boring though, in my opinion, a little bit boring, not really camming lot of secondary flavors out of the blackberry, and the seeder oak kind of thing going on, medium to full-bodied, a little bit of sourness there. God, it’s pretty dull. I’ll be honest with you. The wine enthusiast lost their mind, scoring this wine 93 points. I’m going to go 87 points. I’m just really not feeling it. And, it’s not a pisser that a nine-dollar wine beat out the two still wines that are combined, you know, 44 dollars. Very fascinating Christopher, it continues to be interesting, tasting wines each and everyday. Now, let’s get it rinsed. We’re about to go to dessert wine city. I am very excited about trying this. This is, like I said, this is psychedelic rooster sticky. This is made with Petite Sirah with a hair of Zinfandel. A splash according to their site, 29.5% bricks on the harvested sugar, residual sugar’s 1.5 bricks. 16.5 In alcohol. And I think you’re going to love this Mott. Let’s see what going on here. Desert wine and it is 35 US dollars. Let’s give it a sniffy sniff. Alright, so this wine is like loaded with blueberry jam on the nose, but I got to be honest with you. I wasn’t just fooling there and having a little fun. This is kind of closed. It’s aromatically challenged. If you want to pay 35 bucks, you best not be aromatically challenged. I’m a little bit disappointed about the nose. I do get a very high dose of violets which I am excited about. Very floral, I tend to get a lot of violets on Petite Sirah’s and the reigning truth today is well. This is the ’06 vintage by the way, the Napa Valley; I don’t think I’ve mentioned that. Let’s give it a whirl. Sweet and bitter, big tannin, very young wine, definitely a wine that can last seven to 10 years in the cellar, not too over the top godly sweet. I don’t know what’s going on today. You’re going to want to have more than a hundred bucks from me Christopher. If you bet me, that Bogle’s going to win this show. This wine’s kind of hallow, I think on the mid palate. Its very light, finishes extremely light, nothing that I would expect from a Petite Sirah based dessert wine. Shockingly, not hot, so good job, balancing the fruit to the alcohol, but kind of boring. Very, very, very one-dimensional, I mean like, blueberry pie and I’m out. I’ll go buy a two-dollar Hostess blue berry pie if I want this experience. Maybe a quick shot of Smirnoff to give me the alcohol out of play. I mean this is really, really, really disappointing. I’m going to score 88 points, no, I’m not. I’m going to score this one 85 points. Oh Mott, on the trigger. Quickly get to the Wesley Walker jersey. Just want to see if you still have it Mott, I’m impressed. I’m going to score this wine 86 points because I got to keep it real. But a pretty darn disappointing after, especially with a 35 bucks for a half bottle, which means really you’re paying 70 bucks on this bottle, a major pass, and boy, on Master Douglas, on you know, Rock beating up Palow Creed. On that kind of level, Jets beating up cards and superb all three. The Bogle Petite Sirah ’06 wins this round. I got nothing. So cards and ravens that is not my official prediction. My official prediction is cards and ravens, what’s yours? You, and a little bit of me, we are changing the wine world. Question of the day: What is your prediction for the super ball?