Lot 58 | 2018 McDowell Valley, Mendocino County Petite Sirah 750ml (91-points)

Lot 58
2018 McDowell Valley, Mendocino County Petite Sirah (91-points)

Dark in the glass but not inky. The nose is fresh and vibrant with peppery, meaty blackberry jam accented with rhubarb notes and haloed with powdery, perfumed rose petal and graham cracker spice. Supple on entry with ripe raspberry and white pepper/thyme top notes. Bright but extracted throughout with glycerin-coated tannins that meld beautifully with the brambly fruit and integrated oak in a long, elegant finish. This is truly classy Petite Sirah made in a style that will have broad appeal an potentially change the way you think about PS.

Check-in tasting 6.12.21 - OG N.58 Petite Sirah hails from the McDowell Valley, a relatively cool, 1000-foot elevation site in Mendocino, and is sourced from 40+ year old heritage, head-pruned Petite Sirah vines. I found this wine to be not just compelling and unique, but downright delicious. Its dark but hardly inky, beautifully perfumed and lithe on the palate - a terrific combo of peppery, robust Petite Sirah structure and ripe blackberry jam and raspberry fruit. Gorgeous!


15.0% alc

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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The last bottle was the best

"The other night we opened my last bottle of this 2018 Petite Sirah, which I had bought and cellared in the earlier days of de Negoce. Even though this lot, of course, is no longer available I felt compelled to praise how this wine developed over the few years since it made it into my Eurocave. After less than half an hour of being exposed to fresh air, this little guy was shining with a smoothness and depth that I did not remember from the earlier bottles we had drunk over time. According to my records I had paid $12 for this bottle, and it drank like a $50 wine. An amazing, 5-star value!"

— JH (5/5)

This Petite Sirah over delivers

"In the past I just had little hope for this selection. Even to the point of giving a few bottles away to a friend who truly does not 'taste' wine differences. Today I opened yet another L 58 once again. WOW, well balanced fruit, acidity with diminishing oak tannins. Oh how I do wish I had been a lot more patient with this selection. Today, easily a 91 pointer in spite of its $35 projected matured cost. Some wines simply over deliver and this has been the case for this lovely Petite Sirah."

— B. B. (5/5)

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