2014 Carlisle Zinfandel Papera Ranch

Community Tasting Notes (129) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  1/28/2024 - bergkamp10 wrote: 92 Points

  Very good mature Zinfandel. Big brambly dark fruit, pepper with a mineral core. Well resolved tannins, a hint of vanilla. Long slightly sweet finish. Not sure if there’s upside but this hold for a couple more years.

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  11/22/2023 - rwerner Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Love the style that these wines are. Not overly sweet but delicious fruit with a long finish. Paired with red pasta sauce or pizza is a perfect meal.

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  10/17/2023 - Jahull03 wrote:

  giving me everything I want from a Carlisle zin right now - in a great place.

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  10/5/2023 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points

  Pop and pour, drank half the bottle over 2 hours. Dang, there's still a ton of fruit here, along with secondary flavors. This is at the border of my zinfandel stylistic preference. At least it isn't sweet and/or jammy, just in your face with vanilla, strawberry, licorice. 93 for what it is.

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  11/24/2022 - wilypod Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Fully meets all the requirements of a very fine Papera. Delightful with our Turkey and fixings. Drink up in the next two years? IMO the very pretty 2014 Zins of Carlisle across the board (except for Bedrock and Pagani) have been at their most impressive in their youth, and I do not foresee much reason to hold longer.

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