92 points - Wine Enthusiast Magazine
"This is a ripe, lusty Zinfandel, with many special qualities to recommend it. It’s dry and rich in smooth tannins, and offers a flood of wild forest berry, sweet new leather, red currant, mocha and exotic Asian spice flavors. Delicious, and will hold for up to six years." - December 2009
“Highly Recommended” - California Grapevine, August/September 2009
Gold Medal - 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
90 points - Connoisseur’s Guide
89 points - International Review of Wines
“Highly Recommended” - California Grapevine, August/September 2009
2006 Miro Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
96 points - top of the heap - the men's panel at the Affairs of the Vine 2009 Cabernet Shootout
87 points Wine Enthusiast
Best of Class & Double Gold - 2009 West Coast Wine Competition
90 points - International Review of Wines
91 Points
"Miro has done an altogether remarkable job here at bringing a sense of winemaking polish to Petite Sirah without sacrificing the fundamental strength and sturdiness that are the varietal's signature gifts. Leading with very deep, slow-to-unfold aromas of blackberries, pepper and clove, the wine is rich and invitingly fruity with expansive, long-lasting flavors that show a bare hint of chocolate to the same themes of berries and spice. It is not at all sparing in tannin, yet it is never overly tough, and it is by all standards a complete and compelling effort. GOOD VALUE"
— Connoisseur's Guide to California Wine
Volume 34 Issue 9: July 2010
"Black- and blueberry fruit with spice notes...with a soft, seductive finish." - Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences April 22, 2010
"This starts with spicy, earthy and berry aromas and continues with a huge mouthful of blueberry fruit. The acid/fruit balance is perfect, and it has the structure to be able to age a long time."
—Piedmont Post, April 7, 2010
"The 2007 Petite just blew me away! What a stunning wine, you have the touch to capture the best of the Petite's fruit-tannin-mouth-feel and color! It will hold for quite some time if you can resist drinking it now!! Save me some..." - Heinz Steiner
"Like drinking a Cadillac." - Blake