| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
3/2/2013 - psoals wrote: NRShared with the Vinocellar/Freeman Cave weekend folks @ Friday night dinner at John Ash restaurant. No formal notes, but the wine was showing no signs of falling off. A few felt it had another 10 years in it. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
7/9/2012 - PatLee wrote: NRThis was quite good. More like a less tannic, more fruity Petite Sirah. Quite lovely and wish I had another one. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
1/12/2010 - yhn wrote: 83 pointsSmooth, massive skin tannin, youthful purple fruit, with a touch of bitter green char. One dimensional. Yep. Blending grape. This certainly has the goods to live a long life, but I don't see it getting better. Probably the best Alicante I've had, well made and pure, so if you want to get an idea what this grape is all about, what it can contribute to a blend, this is a good one to try. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
8/24/2010 - AlanC wrote: 85 pointsMissed the note by YHN earlier, and to my loss. This is lovely as an Alicante, and I remember a Topolos Alicante that I think was varietally more pronounced, but one can't miss the trademark Officer touch of luscious fruit married to velvet mouthfeel. Should have drunk this four years ago, yet still the glimmer of a passing star. R.I.P. to these wonderful vines which are no more, and thanks for the taste, Mike. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
11/8/2011 - btock wrote: 91 pointsThis was good...and that's frustrating. Frustrating because it was a flash in the pan, not to be repeated! Dark, fresh fruit and slurpable. Not complex and not expecting it to be so. Served against spaghetti & meatballs. Could have used a little more acidity to keep up with the fresh tomato sauce, but who cares! Fun, and well done wine. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
10/7/2011 - Frank Murray III wrote: NRI held onto this bottle for a good while and drank last night at Mozza with some pizza and sweet potatoe bruschetta. Paired very well. The wine is pretty broad, full bodied and some brightness still remains but the acid is a background player, if much at all. Dark fruit, zin-like in flavors. Suggest a drink now and enjoy. |
| Red |
2004 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
7/20/2011 - JBD wrote: NRThere is no point assigning a number to this. A 100% Alicante Bouschet is pretty unusual. Very educational to taste the pure Alicante Bouschet. It certainly reveals the ingredient it adds to Zinfandels and other primary wines with which it is blended. Black, round and fruity. Fun. Thanks Mike. |
| Red |
2018 Carlisle Alicante BouschetSonoma County more |
2/19/2024 - ShadowIII Likes this wine: 91 pointsTasted blind, very pleasant, not what I expected from Alicante, ruby red (not black), soft, dark fruits, even thought this could be Cab Franc, real surprise when this medium weight, medium color red was revealed as Alicante! |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
11/14/2022 - Tonyboons33 Likes this wine: 92 pointsVery inky, deep purple/black color. Drinks lighter than it looks. Very enjoyable and in a great place right now. Loved it. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
7/22/2018 - Amerique wrote: 93 pointsrich, delicious black, black raspberry fruit with chocolate flavors, excellent structure, long finish, somewhat Petit Syrah like but more length and maybe fullness |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
4/6/2020 - Dale M wrote: 94 pointsDecanted 6hrs. As others have noted, this is really a dark hue of purple when I was decanting it, any darker, it would have been Pennzoil! Maybe it was just the planets aligning or I was under the spell of homemade chili verde nachos, but this was just on fire last night. As dark as it looked in appearance, and certainly had density, I never really thought of it as ripe nor jammy. This was in part to some well placed acidity that was pretty constant from start to finish. Solid tannic structure but less so than a Petite Sirah, more playful too. If this bottle was representative, worth an early look, but if one only has a bottle or two, give it time, I’ll open my second in 5 to 8 years, perhaps longer. Excellent. 7 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
10/4/2017 - Amerique wrote: 93 pointsRich, delicious, round, somewhat soft, blackberry fruit with earth, black olive flavors, excellent structure, long finish |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
5/29/2019 - Frank Murray III wrote: NROpened this at 10AM, which was 10 hours before we poured it. This looks like the same wine I tasted from barrel in 2017, showing the ink staining color in the stem last night when we poured it around the table blind. This is still tannic, it does throw off a bit of an alcohol signature and it's a big wine. Curtis Chen (C Chen) will have a note on this and took the leftover with him so I would go with his note as a reference. This was the last wine of the night, preceded by 8 others and I have to admit I was getting a tired palate by this point, which is why Curtis has the best shot here to tell the story from the leftovers. 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
10/26/2020 - dlduchon Likes this wine: 93 pointsDelicious, fruit intensity, good concentration, but too much. I have had some great bottles of this variety, I don’t know why it is not more popular. More interesting than Pettie Sirah, with a similar structure. |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
3/24/2019 - hiltondg wrote: NRI knew I shouldn't have opened this. Wound up tight. Dark fruits with a solid tannic backbone. Painfully young wine. I'm going to tuck my remaining bottles away and forget about them for a while. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
2/19/2020 - dlduchon Likes this wine: 93 pointsI love this grape and this is a perfect expression of the varietal. Fantastic! |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
1/23/2022 - spidersva Likes this wine: 93 pointsWarming and round but not too big. Bravo Carlisle. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
10/10/2018 - HoustonWineGuy Likes this wine: 93 pointsBIG wine. Lots of fruit, light tannins. Great with anything big and bold. |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
4/24/2022 - EMark Likes this wine: NRPretty purple color with tart fruity aromatics. A gentle stone fruit introduction. Coffee or unsweetened chocolate mid- to rear palate. Interesting "thin" mouthfeel. Some still pretty stiff tannin. While the tongue sensations are not overwhelmingly fruity, the lengthy aftertaste definitely reflects tart fruit. Interesting and very enjoyable. This wine was vefy enjoyable, bu I think it could have remained sideways for quite a few yoears. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
11/14/2018 - Counselor Chris wrote: 92 pointsI would have guessed petite sirah blind, but perhaps this is a touch more elegant and less tannic. Black plum and blackberry, some cool mint, oak treatment is mild. Very good wine. |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
5/29/2019 - Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: 92 pointsLeftover wine from the previous night. Drank from a Zalto Universal with a fresh palate. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
8/21/2016 - Neras Likes this wine: 95 pointsNever heard of this grape, but in Mike Officers hands its great. Inky, dark. Very dark. Blackberry, choclate, incense on the nose. Soft tannins, perfectly balanced. Outstanding! |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
5/28/2019 - Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: 92 points"Casual" Weeknight at Viet's: Served blind. |
| Red |
2013 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
10/27/2016 - ElSol Likes this wine: 92 pointsWow. What a great QPR. This is a dense, meaty wine. Mouth staining dark & inky, with intense dark fruits on the palette. Tannins are mild but present. This was not good right out of the bottle, but only took about 30 minutes breathing in my glass to open up beautifully. It will be interesting to see how it develops on night 2. |
| Red |
2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani RanchSonoma Valley more |
7/6/2019 - bradleymichaelharris@gmail.com Likes this wine: 90 pointsAt first this had a really sharp finish, almost astringent... |
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