Community Tasting Notes 148

• tomlee wrote: 91 points

  March 3, 2024 - Purple in color. 15% ABV. Heady nose of black fruits, licorice and plums. Full bodied with ample acidity. Packed with lush, ripe fruits. Black cherry, blackberry liqueur, mulberry and pepper on the palate. Tremendous length on the finish. Big, bold Zinfandel that is ready to go. Best in the near term.

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• Robwild Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 22, 2024 - Full bodied. Well balanced with firm tannin. Blackcurrant, cassis, spice, pepper, oak and vanilla. Marvelous. Drinking well and should continue for the next several years.

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• RichEB1 Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 14, 2024 - Similar to my last bottle a few months back. Drinking well and certainly not over the hill. Enjoy now and over the next 3+ years.

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• CDT Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 28, 2023 - Tasted after a 75 minute decant. Dark ruby in colour with somewhat restrained but lovely aromas of sweet dark fruit, brambles & liquorice. On the palate, full bodied tart & juicy black fruit, boysenberry/blackberry/blueberry, brambles, liquorice, pencil shavings, medium acidity, medium tannins with a long finish to leather, spice/pepper & an aftertaste of brown sugar & tea leaves. This wine is still young tasting, lively & vibrant with lots of life left! Still great flavour/structure on night #2.

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• Quiller wrote: 87 points

  December 24, 2023 - Opened, poured and let sit about 30 min. Not much on the nose. Taste has some reddish-darkish fruit, maybe some berry, but no spice; no zin profile; low intensity, almost a bit weak; soft mouthfeel; acidity noticeable, particularly on the finish; tannins not an issue. Not what I usually see from Papera. I think its all downhill from here. I know some like some age on their zins, but to me zins are all about the fruit and aging these did them no favors.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Carlisle
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Papera Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 16 (1%)
• In Cellars 1,048 (41%)
• Consumed 1,497 (58%)

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