Community Tasting Notes 33

• SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 15, 2021 - This is the epitome of joy and pleasure! I was debating with myself if this was a 92p’er based on pure, objective quality or I should go for 93 as I enjoyed it so much. Then I read the note below. It is so on point. I enjoyed it equally much and agree very much with the description, so I will go for 93 as well. What an absolute treat to have this incredible level of drinking pleasure in something as rare as a 15yo Zinfandel!
  
  Edit: well, then I read the note below again. It is 5 years old. I don’t know if my rather cold Danish cellar helps it along, but it really showed like described. Awesome wine

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• Mlermontov wrote: 93 points

  April 3, 2016 - Two Carlisles and a Chenin: This is what mature Sonoma zin is supposed to be. lush, plush and oh so full of pleasure. Opens with sweet berries and violets, but there is a hint of smoked jerky there as well. Dark garnet color. mid is berries on a velvet-textured cream. raspberries and sweet spices. back has a good deal of acid to keep this big wine fresh (you cannot taste the 15.9%) finishes with a touch of brambles over the sweet fruit. Excellent.

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• J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 90 points

  December 15, 2014 - Very interesting. This wine has calmed down a lot and the powerful individual flavors have melded themselves into a unified and very smooth whole. Blind, I would not have guessed that this was a Carlisle Zinfandel because it was a bit more restrained, probably due to the age. I did not drink this under optimum conditions - client Christmas party, crappy hotel event wine glasses, after having way too much delicious baked brie that coated the mouth, etc. Hence no precise note on specific flavors, but an excellent wine and my second contribution to Historic Vintage week on Wineberserkers.

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• buckeye76 wrote: 92 points

  July 4, 2014 - RICH FRUIT, BLACK CHERRIES AND RASPBERRIES IN THE NOSE AND FLAVOR WITH SPICE. NICE COMPLEXITY AND A MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.

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• dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 13, 2013 - My last bottle of this delicious Zin. This wine is drinking beautifully with dark fruit, spice and earth. Even so I would say it has a ways to go. Drink or hold.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Carlisle
• Varietal Zinfandel
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Rossi Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma Valley

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• Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
• In Cellars 93 (23%)
• Consumed 311 (76%)

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