2010 Carlisle Syrah Sierra Mar Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands

Community Tasting Notes (48) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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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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