Wow is this good! I love dark things: dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, dark roasted bread. That's this wine. Perhaps a bit too fruit forward for those who don't appreciate good fruit but dark and savory none the less. This is brilliant!
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I'm somewhat mystified by the reviewers that give this wine a high score. I understand that everybody has different tastes in wine but I usually like big Napa cabs (Outpost, Larkmead, Rivers Marie, etc.) but I think this wine is not very good. It's resemblance to cheap port is striking for a dry table wine. I have quite a few vintages of Lewelling and most of them are quite good but this vintage is a huge swing and miss by Dave Wight. If you have any of this in your cellar please don't share it with anybody you want to impress; you'll be embarrassed.
2014 Carlisle Syrah Papa's Block
1/16/2023 - roadkill wrote: 95 Points
Wow is this good! I love dark things: dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, dark roasted bread. That's this wine. Perhaps a bit too fruit forward for those who don't appreciate good fruit but dark and savory none the less. This is brilliant!
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2003 Carlisle Petite Sirah Dry Creek Valley
5/2/2021 - roadkill Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still has a lot of nice fruit but pretty well balanced. Has a nice spiciness that is quite good; better than I expected!
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2007 Lewelling Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Wight
5/26/2018 - roadkill wrote: 75 Points
I'm somewhat mystified by the reviewers that give this wine a high score. I understand that everybody has different tastes in wine but I usually like big Napa cabs (Outpost, Larkmead, Rivers Marie, etc.) but I think this wine is not very good. It's resemblance to cheap port is striking for a dry table wine. I have quite a few vintages of Lewelling and most of them are quite good but this vintage is a huge swing and miss by Dave Wight. If you have any of this in your cellar please don't share it with anybody you want to impress; you'll be embarrassed.
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