The Small Wine Review

We were so intrigued by our first bottle of LA Cetto that we had to find out more about the wines from this vineyard.  We went out and found an ‘07 Petit Syrah to go with our strip steaks over the weekend.  This wine is an inky dark violet color that is almost guaranteed to stain your teeth after the first glass.  The fruit in the nose is very ripe and sweet and this carries over to the palate.  The tannic finish leaves our mouth feeling dusty inside and I had a fleeting image at that moment of my grandmother standing in her attic.  It must have been the slight lavender in the fruit and the dust on the palate that did it.  Whatever it was, we thoroughly enjoyed the wine and for only the $11.99 we paid for it, we give it an unreserved 5 Stars — Highest Recommendation You just have to get over the whole “Mexico” thing….