What's in your glass tonight?

[BlueStimulator]

With a clown scare at my wife's school rumors galore Jr high kids making stuff up. I knew she would be stressed so I splurged on he fav chamampange Veuve Clicquot. She was happy and happy to be home tonight

 

[Boatboy24]

With a clown scare at my wife's school rumors galore Jr high kids making stuff up. I knew she would be stressed so I splurged on he fav chamampange Veuve Clicquot. She was happy and happy to be home tonight

This clown **** is getting old. My kids' school was locked down the other night (about ten minutes after our Cub Scout meeting finished). There was a class going on and one of the people in it received a text stating there was a clown outside the school with a gun.

 

[roger80465]

Tonight (and last night) it was all about beer. I have poured beer at the Great American Beer Festival for 15 plus years. It is one for you one (or more) for me all night long. In total, 3800+ beers available to sample. We worked the island with California breweries this year and WOW! Outstanding beers. One of the most memorable was the Cucumberbatch. A kolsch with a cucumber added for aging. Great lawn mowing beer. Beyond that, too many other good beers to remember.

 

[ColemanM]

2015 petite sirah. Very dark very tannic. Pulled this glass from the barrel it has been in for two months. Needs a few more in the barrel and then maybe 2 years in the bottle. Blueberry, very little oak, so hard to discern flavores with the gripping tannins. Very promising though.

 

[ceeaton]

2015 petite sirah. Very dark very tannic. Pulled this glass from the barrel it has been in for two months. Needs a few more in the barrel and then maybe 2 years in the bottle. Blueberry, very little oak, so hard to discern flavores with the gripping tannins. Very promising though.

That is a nice dark wine. Is it a neutral barrel you have it in, or is the PS taking it's time expressing the oak it has soaked up?

 

[Boatboy24]

A little of this. Cherry, raspberry, light smoke. Nice wine with my chicken parm.

 

[jgmann67]

A little of this. Cherry, raspberry, light smoke. Nice wine with my chicken parm.

Good call. I'm waiting for a good Italian dinner (homemade manicotti and sauce) to pull the corks on the WE and the RJS.

 

[ceeaton]

A little of this. Cherry, raspberry, light smoke. Nice wine with my chicken parm.

https://youtu.be/yyMX2FYXpj8

 

[Johny99]

2015 petite sirah. Very dark very tannic. Pulled this glass from the barrel it has been in for two months. Needs a few more in the barrel and then maybe 2 years in the bottle. Blueberry, very little oak, so hard to discern flavores with the gripping tannins. Very promising though. View attachment 31955

PS can be that way. Nice color. i find the tannins in PS mellow over time, but I usually end up blending most of it.

 

[dcbrown73]

My last bottle of 2011 Outcast Grenache.

My notes from when I first took notes from this wine back in March.

Substantially lighter in color than I expected. A beautiful light ruby red medium bodied wine. It seems much lighter than it's full bodied 14.5% alcohol content. On the nose; scents of cranberry and raspberry show up. On the palette, the cranberry is still present along with pear, pomegranate, and traces of almonds. ​

I would say that is still a pretty close representation of what I taste today.

 

[dcbrown73]

This clown **** is getting old. My kids' school was locked down the other night (about ten minutes after our Cub Scout meeting finished). There was a class going on and one of the people in it received a text stating there was a clown outside the school with a gun.

Nahh, I was there, but I didn't have a gun.

 

[Boatboy24]

PS can be that way. Nice color. i find the tannins in PS mellow over time, but I usually end up blending most of it.

I blend mine, but definitely save some to have on its own. Patience will be rewarded with this wine in about 3 years.

 

[geek]

I blend mine, but definitely save some to have on its own. Patience will be rewarded with this wine in about 3 years.

I hope so, mine is VERY dark (black ink) and very tannic.

 

[Boatboy24]

I hope so, mine is VERY dark (black ink) and very tannic.

That means you made it right.

 

[Wisconsin]

By chance would you know the grapes? Like you I lean towards the dry but have matured h) to appreciate some of the local sweeter varietals also.

 

[stickman]

@Wisconsin the Mountain Mist is primarily Catawba grapes, not sure if anything else is in the blend.

 

[ColemanM]

What do you blend you PS with johnny99?

 

[Johny99]

What do you blend you PS with johnny99?

When blending I use it like a spice in cooking. It adds structure, color and tannins. I tend to add it to cabs, Syrah, and merlots, or blends of those. It is usually the last one I work in, 5-10% or so. For some reason I haven't figured out, it doesn't seem to work with my Malbec. More research in that area, year by year, taste by taste.

 

[Boatboy24]

Pretty much 'meh'. Reminiscent of Apothic Red, but at a 50% higher price.

 

[Boatboy24]

When blending I use it like a spice in cooking. It adds structure, color and tannins. I tend to add it to cabs, Syrah, and merlots, or blends of those. It is usually the last one I work in, 5-10% or so. For some reason I haven't figured out, it doesn't seem to work with my Malbec. More research in that area, year by year, taste by taste.

Try Petite Verdot with the Malbec. I know it goes well with Carmenere.