90 Points! - A Certain Winner! - The Connoisseurs Guide - August 2004

Mettler Family Vineyards 2001 Petite Sirah, Lodi

“One of several particularly attractive Petites from Lodi, the Mettler is a solid, surprisingly fruity wine whose insistent measure of blackberries is underlain by a nice bit of creamy oak. While it comes with plenty of varietal tannin, it is never forbidingly astringent, and its combination of depth, extract and structure mark it as a certain winner with a fair bit of improvement ahead.”

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