Consumed in a series of Carlisle Zins, these are my last bottles:
1. 2008 Lingenfelder 2. 2008 Sonoma County 3. 2007 Sonoma County 4. 2007 Papera Ranch 5. 2007 Montafi Ranch 6. 2009 Montafi Ranch 7. 2009 Gold Mine Ranch
While still delicious, this version is lighter in color, weight, and flavor than the previous Zins in this series. Consumed over two nights. Heavy sediment on the cork, with little aroma on opening. This wine took over an hour to open up. Lighter fruit, well balanced with mild acidity and tannins. After a bit, spicy pepper definitely emerged. On the second night, this wine was "rounder" and stood up nicely to the asian chili pasta I craved.
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This ten year old zin is just delicious. Taking on the elegance of aged zin it was unfortunately my last bottle. If you have these they are in wonderful stage.
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11/15/2022 - texaswinelover wrote:
Caught this is a great place tonight, fruit pure and clean. The thing I really liked was….the sweet quality of the fruit. Just delicious.
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6/9/2020 - Ed B Likes this wine: 91 Points
PnP and drank over two nights. No detailed notes. Still huge. Dark, rich. Two more bottles, and I’m in now hurry.
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5/16/2020 - rldixon Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consumed in a series of Carlisle Zins, these are my last bottles:
1. 2008 Lingenfelder
2. 2008 Sonoma County
3. 2007 Sonoma County
4. 2007 Papera Ranch
5. 2007 Montafi Ranch
6. 2009 Montafi Ranch
7. 2009 Gold Mine Ranch
While still delicious, this version is lighter in color, weight, and flavor than the previous Zins in this series. Consumed over two nights. Heavy sediment on the cork, with little aroma on opening. This wine took over an hour to open up. Lighter fruit, well balanced with mild acidity and tannins. After a bit, spicy pepper definitely emerged. On the second night, this wine was "rounder" and stood up nicely to the asian chili pasta I craved.
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12/7/2019 - mdahar wrote: 90 Points
This is unbalanced and past it prime. Still good but needs to drank
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8/14/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 94 Points
This ten year old zin is just delicious. Taking on the elegance of aged zin it was unfortunately my last bottle. If you have these they are in wonderful stage.
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