The Wine: Conservancy 2007 Petite Sirah
The Price: $9.99 at Safeway
Concannon is a California winery, located on the central coast in Livermore. The winery was built in 1883, so they've been at this a long time. They claim that they were the first California winery to bottle Petite Sirah, more than 40 years ago.
The wine bottle was stopped with a natural cork and the wine was decanted an hour before tasting.
The wine is deep purple in color. The aroma is fairly subdued. The predominant aroma is cherry, with hints of vanilla and leather.
The wine has flavors of cherry, blackberry and vanilla. It's smooth and well balanced, but a bit lacking in flavor. This wine reminds me a lot of the Chariot Gypsy that I previously reviewed, and is twice the cost. My recommendation is to skip the Concannon and go for the Chariot.
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