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| Drinking window: Drink between 2025 and 2034 (based on 7 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 5/15/2024 & rated 94 points: This is a delicious, very accessible Two Acre. I've been drinking these for years, and the 21 may be my favorite. (492 views) | | | Tasted by nlyons83 on 3/11/2024 & rated 91 points: Rhone field blend; uncomplex but might develop (1268 views) | | | Tasted by Mike Dildine on 1/27/2024 & rated 93 points: Such a unique, fun and tasty blend. The '21 seems particularly good this early. Should age well over the next decade. (1413 views) | | | Tasted by Matt Scott on 3/9/2023: Tasted from barrel 5/28/22. 95 - 97. Always close to my heart, every single vintage, the ‘21 has a uniqueness as the ‘18 did, yet, they are quite different from each other. This is more concentrated with heightened noir aspects. Another ager.
Truth be told, this is one of the most individual vineyards in all of Sonoma County. (1469 views) |
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Vinous, Sonoma’s Sensational 2021s (Aug 2023) (8/1/2023)
(Carlisle Red Wine Two Acres Sonoma Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Audrey Frick
JebDunnuck.com, Sonoma’s 2021s (7/21/2023)
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Vinous, 2021 Sonoma Preview (Jan 2023) (1/1/2023)
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2021 Carlisle Two AcresFrom Carlisle's website -
Composition & Production Notes:
100% Field blend of Mourvèdre, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Carignan, Peloursin, Alicante Bouschet, and Zinfandel
pH: 3.66, T.A.: 6.3 g/L, Alcohol: 14.2%, Cases Produced: 133
While many old-vine vineyards in the Piner-Olivet subregion of the Russian River Valley saw normal to even above normal yields in this vintage, this was one vineyard in the area that simply did not set much fruit. Hence, 2.4 tons from two acres were picked on October 7th at an average of 25.2 Brix. Rachises (i.e., stems) were quite lignified so we opted for 25% whole cluster, a bit more than usual. After a total of 22 days in tank, it was pressed to all French oak, only 17% new. As usual, unfined and unfiltered.
Tasting Note:
Medium-dark to dark garnet-ruby. Aromatically, a heavenly mélange of game, smoked meat, roses, violets, and white pepper. Very complex! Medium-full to full bodied with a wonderful creamy texture, a defining characteristic of wines made from this vineyard. On the palate, smoked meat and red cherries with a finish that sails on forever. Enjoy this beauty from release to 2035 but if you have the patience, hold off until at least 2026. (MRO - 07/15/23)
Suggested Retail: $48 - Sold Out, Release Date: November 2023
Carlisle Two AcresTwo Acres – Russian River Valley
A true gem in Sonoma County! There is little old-vine Mourvèdre in Sonoma County. Yet, here we have two acres of predominantly mourvèdre planted in 1910. Other varieties planted include Petite Sirah (10%), Syrah (6%), Carignane (4%), Peloursin (3%), and Alicante Bouschet (2%). There are also a few zinfandel vines in addition to nine whites of a variety called Helena (a white cross of Zinfandel and Mondeuse Noir).
This vineyard was on the brink of death when we took it over in 1996 but slowly and surely we have brought it back to life. We completed its renovation in 2003 by replacing all missing vines. Most of the replants were Mourvèdre but we did include a few syrah vines.Red Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sonoma CountyMendocino CountyRussian River Valley Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association | Wikipedia |
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