Winery - Girard
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very dry, with tart flavors of lemons and grapefruits. The problems are that the fruity concentration is diluted, and the acidity is soft and flabby. Not a bad wine, but you can do better for the price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This blend of Cabernet and other Bordeaux varieties is elaborately crafted, with an overlay of sweet, smoky oak. ItJU feels very elegant in the mouth, and the blackberry, cassis and cherry flavors are lip-smackingly good. Finishes with a scour of acids and tannins.
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Girard Meritage - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From warm, dry vineyards in the eastern Vaca mountains, this Zin, which is one-quarter Petite Sirah, is ultrarich and smooth in blackberry, cassis, raspberry and mocha flavors, with a complex dash of Provençal herbs. It’s quite a good Zin, made in the style of a dry, balanced Cab or Merlot.
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Girard Zinfandel - 2005
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Brings a boutique touch to this often rustic variety, with a classic structure, although no Petite Sirah can ever quite escape its brawny bulk. Nor should it want to. Blackberries, black currants, loganberries, plums, cherries, dark unsweetened chocolate, leather, coffee, violets—they all come together in this dry, fresh young wine. Will easily hold for a decade or two, gradually getting softer and sweeter.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A fine Zinfandel, ripe and balanced. The wine shows concentrated wild berry, licorice, fruit liqueur, jam, bacon and spice flavors. Yet the richness is balanced with fine acidity and soft but intricate tannins, and the finish is dry. Drink now–2013 for freshness.
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Girard Zinfandel - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a big, potent, Incredible Hunk of a wine. It’s gigantic in wild, exotic blackberry, blueberry, mulberry, pomegranate, licorice, pepper and dark chocolate flavors, wrapped into firm tannins. Continues a near-perfect streak of ageworthy, dry Petite Sirahs from Girard.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine sports an inky dark-violet hue, evoking black cherry, plum, blackberry, cocoa and spice. On the palate, it’s plush, bright and long. Really delicious. —J.M.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Kicks off with passion fruit and citrus aromas, later to reveal a riveting core of bright lemon, lime, melon, fig and green apple flavors. Sleek and round-textured, the wine is refreshing to the finish. —J.M.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Classic Petite Sirah, full-bodied, rich, totally dry, very tannic and fruity. So good now with something big, like short ribs, that it will be difficult to cellar, but this is a wine that will soften and sweeten over many years. And what a finish, long in ripe, wild blackberries, cherries and coffee.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is Girard’s Meritage, based on Cabernet but with the other four varieties. The grapes come from St. Helena and Oakville. The wine is young, tannic and dry now, with great complexity, a Bordeaux-style blend of endless fascination and pleasure. Should drink well for 10 years or more.
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