I dropped Carlisle a number of years ago because I was on too many lists, and my tastes were moving away from Mike Officer's fruit-forward style. But I still enjoy pulling a bottle every now and then when the mood strikes, and I thought this could stand up to the Tikka Masala we were having for dinner (which it did). Very rich nose of blueberry/blackberry fruit overlaid with anise notes and floral perfume. Just gorgeous and so easy to drink, caressing the palate with its luxurious fruit and smooth tannins. Whether your style or not, damn, Mike crafts some tasty juice.
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Plenty of fruit left, primarily blackberry notes. Spices & earth follow with everything in balance. Tannin present but soft and pleasant. Appears to have life ahead but drinking wonderfully now.
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Exposed to air for two hours. Seemed like an appropriate amount of time.. Great biig fruit well integrated. No smoky or white pepper flavors of some Syrahs but had a nice 'chew' to hold up to burgers. Enjoy over the next 6-12 months.
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This was an amazing wine for me. Decanted for an hour, still too tight, so let sit for another 90 minutes. Once it opened up, it was an array of modest dark fruit and leather. Silky tannins, perfect body, long finish. This was my last bottle and I think I caught a peak, but this will continue to be good for at least a year or two...
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PnP and drank over two days. Opaque, nearly black. Mixture of red fruit — cranberry, strawberry, cherry and raspberry — taking turns in the lead. Some spices, but mostly an earthy finish. Still has years to go.
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Pretty amazing, particularly for a $30 wine. Very dark. Very assertive nose - black and blue fruits, licorice, smoke, minerals, grilled meats, pepper, underbrush, the kitchen sink. Same on the palate (except no kitchen sink). Plenty of backbone and a solid finish. This just screams "syrah!", and I'm definitely listening.
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Still very deep in color with concentrated black fruits in the nose and flavor. Blackberries, plums, blueberries, floral, licorice, earthiness and hints of spice. Nice complexity, well balanced, and a long finish.
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Still dark in color with dark fruit and some spice to the nose. The body is highly extracted with dark fruits, licorice, and spice to the body. The tannins are soft and the acid balances the alcohol. The finish is medium to long. Will it be better once more secondary flavors emerge? I will never know as it was last of my bottles. But I enjoyed them all.
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Similar impression to my last bottle. New oak is detectable without being obtrusive. The wine is dense and tarry with savory flavors. This is quite different as most Carlisle wines also have sweet ripe fruit as part of their character as well. Still, it worked for me. I To me the wine will integrate further but I'm not sure it will improve or any fruit will emerge. My recommendation is to drink now or over the next five years.
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Popped and consumed over a few hours. Perhaps this one was closed? Noticeable new oak and dark fruit on the nose. Some fruit follows through on the palate but not a lot going on. Mid weight and smooth mouth feel.
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Nearly opaque color, plenty ripe nose. Good balance, acidity is higher than alcohol which is higher than tannin. This didn't hold too well even after two days coravined (coravin needle left in cork). Nice wine but not exceptional.
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A deep purple wine with a thick affect and a little heat. A blue fruit base was flattened with charcoal, with notes of olive and meat in the shadows. Didn't really budge with air. A barrel sample without the sweetness? Not the best Carlisle, maybe it will rebalance itself in a few more years.
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Thought I would like more than I did. Big Carlisle fan, but this had some glycerine and menthol even on day two. The fruit was there but not as integrated and pleasant as other wines by Mike.
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Like many 2010's, this is brooding and took a long time to open. The last glass was the best, so I would hold these. Purple/maroon in color. The nose has lots of grilled meats, some earthiness and some black raspberries. On the palate, this is stern and narrow. With air it opens to show more fruit. Not a lot of fruit, but purple/black fruits. Nice texture. I don't think it needs food, just time at this point.
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Deep maroon color. Smokehouse and blackberry nose. Very smooth and balanced. Blue and black fruits, anise, pepper, tar, olive brine and medium tannins. Drinks well served cool and with a 2 hour decant. Could cellar for several years yet. Well made and a very enjoyable Syrah. 93+ Drink or hold.
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Above average but not mind-blowing. Admittedly, this was a non-decanted bottle, which may have made a difference. Paired with BBQ ribs and pulled pork, which it actually excelled with. My complaint is that it was a bit bitter on the back end, and -- I do not know how else to describe it -- musty and/or funky. On the plus side, this wine was still quite bold and satisying. Would buy again at this price, but I'd decant for a couple hours first.
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Notes of tart blackberry, red fruits, olive, and rocks and minerals. Some saline notes with an odd tart (almost grapefruit) tinge on the back end. Not sure where this wine is going, with complicated earth and fertilizer notes framing the astringent fruit profile. I have another that I'll let lie for another year (fingers crossed but not too hopeful). Totally different persona than the Papa's Block.
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Nose of Dark Fruits, cooking spices, steak juices and flowers. Palate is medium bodied, nice silky texture and medium acidity with loads of dark fruits, tar, beef blood and maybe a bit of orange fruit at the tail end (not unusual for some Carlisle Syrah). This was very good, needs some freshness at the end but I very much enjoyed this over the course of 5 hours. I wouldn't hurry, it has 3-5 years of cellar life ahead easy.
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This wine was just odd. I alternated between deciding it was corked (a rarity for Carlisle) and it was just one weird syrah. This was my first Sierra Mar, and was nothing like the Sonoma County I've had in the past. Our group decided that this was dominated by a green olive note, and a few people picked up a briney note (prior to reading the CT notes). These aromas seem in line with most of the recent CT notes, so maybe this is just how this wine tastes. If so, this is unlike any Cali syrah I've ever had. Also interesting that the first 12 CT notes have no mention of olive and then 6 of the last 11 do. One of the group loved this bottle and will be buying my Sierra Mar allocation I just purchased, so maybe it's a style thing. In summary, this syrah was either not my style or flawed.
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Nose: Tar, smoke, fresh raspberries, flowers and cassis in abundance. After air more black fruits and tree moss show. Very cool nose! Palate: Raspberries initially with black fruits after air much like the nose. Secondary flavors of smoke and charcoal show after aeration as well. Finish is medium-long and very clean. The alc level is just over 14% and the balance is awesome. My first Sierra Mar and it does not dissappoint (wish I had more than this one bottle). Have two each of both 2011 and 2012 and looking forward to those at some future point.
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Boy this wine really surprised me, easily the best wine I have ever had from Sierra Mar. Smoke, tar, black olives, backed by dark fruit. This wine was a pop and pour, and well from the start, but also it deepened and evolved in the glass.
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PnP. Very dark ruby color. Opens up right away with olive and herbal note. Nice old world flavor profile backed up dark fruits. Medium bodied with some grippy tannins on the finish. Still very youthful. A little more serious and brooding than the delicious 2011 edition of Sierra Mar syrah.
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Popped the cork and finished the bottle over a couple hours. You could smell this as it was poured. Big nose of briney olives with some dark fruit. Pretty big and plush compared to what we have been drinking lately. Blue fruits, lots of olive, some char, meat and sanguine notes. Good balancing acidity. Ann noted dark chocolate and licorice. While we are moving more and more away from this style, we continue to enjoy the Carlisle Syrahs.
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Ann wanted something a little bigger in terms of fruit and tannin to go with grilled porterhouse steaks tonight so I pulled this and poured with no air time. I was suprised at how accessible this is right off the bat. Blue fruits, some coffee, iron, meat and lots of briney olive notes. Plush and easy drinking with pretty good acidity. Well done. Purple tongue and teeth after this one. I have one more and I think I'll enjoy it in the next year or two.
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Fabulous nose of black olive and meat. With such a deep, brooding nose, I was somewhat surprised by the bright mid palate and crisp finish. A nice mix of black and red fruits are complicated by the brine and game notes. True to the house style, this is rich and round. I'm a huge fan of SLH Syrah, and Mr. O let's the terroir shine in this example. Very satisfying.
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Very good. But, it is closed. I will wait at least 2 years for the other. Decanted for an hour and drank over 3. Always seemed that something more was lurking.
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Rich, delicious, round, full-bodied blackberry/blueberry fruit with earthy, anise, and meaty flavors, excellent structure, slightly viscious, long finish, surprised by the depth of this Santa Lucia Highlands wine
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Somewhat bested by the 2006 Pelkan Ranch Syrah consumed before this but still an utterly delicious wine with a good upside promise. Lighter in body and style than the Pelkan, though this is by no means a light wine. Good overall balance, a wine I'd be happy to drink at almost any time:-)
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Medium bodied. Nicely balanced fruit vs minerality and tannins.A bit of smokiness, a bit of meaty bacon, abit of sweet black cherry fruit. A ridiculous QPR.
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Meat and blueberry on the nose, with leather and pepper in the middle, with blackberry jam and smoke at the end. Rich and juicy on the palate, with blueberry and blackberry fruit, some pepper and leather on the mid-palate, and a nice smoky finish.
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Nose of pepper violets and mocha. palate with corase tannins, seemingly low acidity, quite soft. Medium finish with a little otast oak and espresso with repeating purple fruiut. Not quite integrated yet and a more simple than the othe carlise syrah. Still, nicely done. Needs a year or 2 to come together.
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4/23/2022 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful aged syrah. Concentrated, complex, delicious. A step up from the bottle I drank a few years ago. Drink or hold.
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3/4/2021 - GrapeScott wrote: 92 Points
I dropped Carlisle a number of years ago because I was on too many lists, and my tastes were moving away from Mike Officer's fruit-forward style. But I still enjoy pulling a bottle every now and then when the mood strikes, and I thought this could stand up to the Tikka Masala we were having for dinner (which it did). Very rich nose of blueberry/blackberry fruit overlaid with anise notes and floral perfume. Just gorgeous and so easy to drink, caressing the palate with its luxurious fruit and smooth tannins. Whether your style or not, damn, Mike crafts some tasty juice.
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12/12/2020 - Bronvino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Plenty of fruit left, primarily blackberry notes. Spices & earth follow with everything in balance. Tannin present but soft and pleasant. Appears to have life ahead but drinking wonderfully now.
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9/13/2020 - jfkwines wrote: 92 Points
Exposed to air for two hours. Seemed like an appropriate amount of time.. Great biig fruit well integrated. No smoky or white pepper flavors of some Syrahs but had a nice 'chew' to hold up to burgers. Enjoy over the next 6-12 months.
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7/7/2020 - rldixon Likes this wine: 93 Points
This was an amazing wine for me. Decanted for an hour, still too tight, so let sit for another 90 minutes. Once it opened up, it was an array of modest dark fruit and leather. Silky tannins, perfect body, long finish. This was my last bottle and I think I caught a peak, but this will continue to be good for at least a year or two...
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5/19/2020 - Ed B Likes this wine: 91 Points
PnP and drank over two days. Opaque, nearly black. Mixture of red fruit — cranberry, strawberry, cherry and raspberry — taking turns in the lead. Some spices, but mostly an earthy finish. Still has years to go.
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7/13/2019 - Night Train Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pretty amazing, particularly for a $30 wine. Very dark. Very assertive nose - black and blue fruits, licorice, smoke, minerals, grilled meats, pepper, underbrush, the kitchen sink. Same on the palate (except no kitchen sink). Plenty of backbone and a solid finish. This just screams "syrah!", and I'm definitely listening.
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6/21/2019 - buckeye76 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still very deep in color with concentrated black fruits in the nose and flavor. Blackberries, plums, blueberries, floral, licorice, earthiness and hints of spice. Nice complexity, well balanced, and a long finish.
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4/14/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 Points
Our first bottle of this last night with pork roast. Delicious dark fruit, sweet tannin, spice. Drink or hold.
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8/12/2018 - jaumealaska Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still dark in color with dark fruit and some spice to the nose. The body is highly extracted with dark fruits, licorice, and spice to the body. The tannins are soft and the acid balances the alcohol. The finish is medium to long. Will it be better once more secondary flavors emerge? I will never know as it was last of my bottles. But I enjoyed them all.
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6/21/2018 - ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was super.
At a great place now.
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4/12/2018 - EhrlichDY Likes this wine:
Similar impression to my last bottle. New oak is detectable without being obtrusive. The wine is dense and tarry with savory flavors. This is quite different as most Carlisle wines also have sweet ripe fruit as part of their character as well. Still, it worked for me. I To me the wine will integrate further but I'm not sure it will improve or any fruit will emerge. My recommendation is to drink now or over the next five years.
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9/20/2017 - EhrlichDY wrote:
Popped and consumed over a few hours. Perhaps this one was closed? Noticeable new oak and dark fruit on the nose. Some fruit follows through on the palate but not a lot going on. Mid weight and smooth mouth feel.
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9/15/2017 - ephorn wrote: 91 Points
Nearly opaque color, plenty ripe nose. Good balance, acidity is higher than alcohol which is higher than tannin. This didn't hold too well even after two days coravined (coravin needle left in cork). Nice wine but not exceptional.
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1/30/2017 - snarfglk wrote: 91 Points
Similar to last bottle, this is a great syrah which is tight and closed day 1. Day 2 is what is advertised.
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12/25/2016 - snarfglk wrote: 90 Points
A little tight at first but opened up.
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12/21/2016 - Geoff Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful fruit, sweet tannins, smooth mouthfeel, long finish. Very nice wine!
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11/21/2016 - silton wrote: 89 Points
A deep purple wine with a thick affect and a little heat. A blue fruit base was flattened with charcoal, with notes of olive and meat in the shadows. Didn't really budge with air. A barrel sample without the sweetness? Not the best Carlisle, maybe it will rebalance itself in a few more years.
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3/26/2016 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Thought I would like more than I did. Big Carlisle fan, but this had some glycerine and menthol even on day two. The fruit was there but not as integrated and pleasant as other wines by Mike.
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1/12/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 91 Points
Like many 2010's, this is brooding and took a long time to open. The last glass was the best, so I would hold these. Purple/maroon in color. The nose has lots of grilled meats, some earthiness and some black raspberries. On the palate, this is stern and narrow. With air it opens to show more fruit. Not a lot of fruit, but purple/black fruits. Nice texture. I don't think it needs food, just time at this point.
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11/27/2015 - Mootsie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Deep maroon color. Smokehouse and blackberry nose. Very smooth and balanced. Blue and black fruits, anise, pepper, tar, olive brine and medium tannins. Drinks well served cool and with a 2 hour decant. Could cellar for several years yet. Well made and a very enjoyable Syrah. 93+ Drink or hold.
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10/13/2015 - rxfudd wrote: 89 Points
Above average but not mind-blowing. Admittedly, this was a non-decanted bottle, which may have made a difference. Paired with BBQ ribs and pulled pork, which it actually excelled with. My complaint is that it was a bit bitter on the back end, and -- I do not know how else to describe it -- musty and/or funky. On the plus side, this wine was still quite bold and satisying. Would buy again at this price, but I'd decant for a couple hours first.
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8/9/2015 - csimm wrote: 87 Points
Notes of tart blackberry, red fruits, olive, and rocks and minerals. Some saline notes with an odd tart (almost grapefruit) tinge on the back end. Not sure where this wine is going, with complicated earth and fertilizer notes framing the astringent fruit profile. I have another that I'll let lie for another year (fingers crossed but not too hopeful). Totally different persona than the Papa's Block.
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7/29/2015 - pakabear Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose of Dark Fruits, cooking spices, steak juices and flowers. Palate is medium bodied, nice silky texture and medium acidity with loads of dark fruits, tar, beef blood and maybe a bit of orange fruit at the tail end (not unusual for some Carlisle Syrah). This was very good, needs some freshness at the end but I very much enjoyed this over the course of 5 hours. I wouldn't hurry, it has 3-5 years of cellar life ahead easy.
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1/23/2015 - GoBlue2002 Does not like this wine:
This wine was just odd.
I alternated between deciding it was corked (a rarity for Carlisle) and it was just one weird syrah. This was my first Sierra Mar, and was nothing like the Sonoma County I've had in the past.
Our group decided that this was dominated by a green olive note, and a few people picked up a briney note (prior to reading the CT notes). These aromas seem in line with most of the recent CT notes, so maybe this is just how this wine tastes. If so, this is unlike any Cali syrah I've ever had. Also interesting that the first 12 CT notes have no mention of olive and then 6 of the last 11 do.
One of the group loved this bottle and will be buying my Sierra Mar allocation I just purchased, so maybe it's a style thing.
In summary, this syrah was either not my style or flawed.
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10/12/2014 - Acohen Likes this wine: 91 Points
Classic syrah with some smoke, dark fruits, blueberry, raspberry and a rich long finish
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5/27/2014 - lvjohn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank without decanting--a bit of a mistake. Took a while to open up. Really excellent syrah pepper with nice dark fruit notes, tar, and smoke.
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4/22/2014 - Mattshank wrote: 93 Points
Nose: Tar, smoke, fresh raspberries, flowers and cassis in abundance. After air more black fruits and tree moss show. Very cool nose! Palate: Raspberries initially with black fruits after air much like the nose. Secondary flavors of smoke and charcoal show after aeration as well. Finish is medium-long and very clean. The alc level is just over 14% and the balance is awesome. My first Sierra Mar and it does not dissappoint (wish I had more than this one bottle). Have two each of both 2011 and 2012 and looking forward to those at some future point.
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4/13/2014 - DavidDay Likes this wine: 93 Points
Boy this wine really surprised me, easily the best wine I have ever had from Sierra Mar. Smoke, tar, black olives, backed by dark fruit. This wine was a pop and pour, and well from the start, but also it deepened and evolved in the glass.
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2/4/2014 - rdf58 Likes this wine: 91 Points
PnP. Very dark ruby color. Opens up right away with olive and herbal note. Nice old world flavor profile backed up dark fruits. Medium bodied with some grippy tannins on the finish. Still very youthful. A little more serious and brooding than the delicious 2011 edition of Sierra Mar syrah.
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12/29/2013 - SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yay, this is coming along nicely! Enjoyed it immensely! Still a good upside but I don't really see much point in holding my hands off:-)
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12/14/2013 - amateurwino wrote:
Only had a few quick tastes but this was solid, not extreme in style, and starting to show evolution.
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10/20/2013 - Brsed wrote: 90 Points
Huge wine. Blueberries, black fruits and olives. Emptied bottle quickly. Very primary now. Should have waited a few years.
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9/25/2013 - Outplaying wrote:
Popped the cork and finished the bottle over a couple hours. You could smell this as it was poured. Big nose of briney olives with some dark fruit. Pretty big and plush compared to what we have been drinking lately. Blue fruits, lots of olive, some char, meat and sanguine notes. Good balancing acidity. Ann noted dark chocolate and licorice. While we are moving more and more away from this style, we continue to enjoy the Carlisle Syrahs.
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5/26/2013 - Outplaying Likes this wine:
Ann wanted something a little bigger in terms of fruit and tannin to go with grilled porterhouse steaks tonight so I pulled this and poured with no air time. I was suprised at how accessible this is right off the bat. Blue fruits, some coffee, iron, meat and lots of briney olive notes. Plush and easy drinking with pretty good acidity. Well done. Purple tongue and teeth after this one. I have one more and I think I'll enjoy it in the next year or two.
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5/23/2013 - Jody Smith Likes this wine:
Fabulous nose of black olive and meat. With such a deep, brooding nose, I was somewhat surprised by the bright mid palate and crisp finish. A nice mix of black and red fruits are complicated by the brine and game notes. True to the house style, this is rich and round. I'm a huge fan of SLH Syrah, and Mr. O let's the terroir shine in this example. Very satisfying.
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4/7/2013 - haldolugr wrote: 89 Points
Raspberry and blackberry fruit with a earthy undertone. Not as deep or full bodied as other syrahs. Delicious and easy to drink.
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3/26/2013 - dougie Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good. But, it is closed. I will wait at least 2 years for the other. Decanted for an hour and drank over 3. Always seemed that something more was lurking.
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1/16/2013 - Matt T wrote: 90 Points
Very smooth with dark berry fruit. Finish is a bit clipped. Hold.
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12/7/2012 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points
Previous note applies but would add that this was a big, rough wine with toasty, meaty, and floral flavors and ample tannin
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10/19/2012 - kidsmurf2000 wrote: 91 Points
Needs a couple of hours to open up, but its good when it opens... give it another year
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9/30/2012 - DavidDay wrote: 91 Points
Easy drinking, ripe blackberry fruit on the palate, medium bodied
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8/18/2012 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points
Rich, delicious, round, full-bodied blackberry/blueberry fruit with earthy, anise, and meaty flavors, excellent structure, slightly viscious, long finish, surprised by the depth of this Santa Lucia Highlands wine
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8/14/2012 - SineQuaNon wrote: 91 Points
Somewhat bested by the 2006 Pelkan Ranch Syrah consumed before this but still an utterly delicious wine with a good upside promise. Lighter in body and style than the Pelkan, though this is by no means a light wine. Good overall balance, a wine I'd be happy to drink at almost any time:-)
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8/11/2012 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 91 Points
Medium bodied. Nicely balanced fruit vs minerality and tannins.A bit of smokiness, a bit of meaty bacon, abit of sweet black cherry fruit. A ridiculous QPR.
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8/10/2012 - mmurry Likes this wine: 93 Points
Meat and blueberry on the nose, with leather and pepper in the middle, with blackberry jam and smoke at the end. Rich and juicy on the palate, with blueberry and blackberry fruit, some pepper and leather on the mid-palate, and a nice smoky finish.
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5/25/2012 - etherscreen wrote:
tight showing its structure and little fruit.
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3/27/2012 - Nutty08 wrote: 90 Points
Nose of pepper violets and mocha. palate with corase tannins, seemingly low acidity, quite soft. Medium finish with a little otast oak and espresso with repeating purple fruiut. Not quite integrated yet and a more simple than the othe carlise syrah. Still, nicely done. Needs a year or 2 to come together.
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