2011 Carlisle Syrah Sierra Mar Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands

Community Tasting Notes (58) Avg Score: 91.7 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View SineQuaNon's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/27/2021 - SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Initially drinks like a young wine with mostly fruit related notes, a full body and wonderfully rounded, almost to the point where I believe there is a bit of RS in this one. With airing it becomes more savoury and developed, with syrah notes of olives, pine roast, cloves and pepper. Really a full bodied, unctuous, New World Syrah of very high quality

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Backdoctor's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/19/2021 - Backdoctor wrote: 93 Points

  Drinking great. Tannins are soft, great red fruits on palate. Drinks like a young wine

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Night Train's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/10/2021 - Night Train Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I really like syrahs that look, smell, and taste like syrahs and not generic red table wines. This one delivered in spades. Medium dark color. Big time baconfat and garrigue on the nose. On the palate, it was uncommonly savory, with baconfat and grilled meat, along with black and blue berries and a hint of tapenade. Not particularly rich, with a medium body at most. Really nice finish. Probably slightly past its peak, but just delightful.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View redz's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/8/2020 - redz wrote: 92 Points

  Seem to be drinking a lot of syrahs lately, and this was a good one. Nicely fruited, but enough meat to keep it chewy. Lots more time.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View jaumealaska's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/4/2020 - jaumealaska Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Still purple and opaque, ruby to the edges. Fine sediment beginning to precipitate. Nose is savory with meat, fat dark fruits. Body is medium full, with partially resolved tannins and well balanced acidity wrapping dark and red fruit. Good finish. Enjoyable but not confident it will progress to the next level as the fruit fades and the savory secondary notes evolve.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 58 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.