Jeff Runquist, Clarksburg (California) Petite Sirah 2017

 If you’re new to Petite Sirah when tasting this, and wonder why anybody would ever have tagged it as "Petite" anything, join the club.  This is quite darkly colored, so at least it offers fair warning.  The aromas show a quite ripe and muscular profile, with meaty flavors that hold the same line, showing suggestions of blackberries and black currants.  There’s not too much oak in the mix, the black fruit tones hold the reigns through the finish.  A Double Gold Award winner at the 2020 Toast of the Coast International Wine Competition.