2000 Carlisle Mondeuse

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  2/24/2024 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Wow, what a ride!! I guess this would be considered somewhat of a 'Carlisle Unicorn ' at this point with only 25 cases produced 24 years ago, and I absolutely feel fortunate to have consumed it! First off, the color is beautiful (crimson red with essentially zero bricking).....but the amount of fine sediment in this wine is absolutely insane! Fortunately it does not detract from the wine which is a contemplative, yet utterly delicious at the same time. Blind you're calling Zinfandel because of the deep fruit and spice when it first hits your palate....but the acidity is very high and it has a juicy and slightly herbal component on the finish which would leave you scratching your head. I love wines like this - unique, tasty as hell, and keep you guessing. Life is good!

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  8/16/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  Served blind. I guessed Zin, and it's not far off from an aged Zin, something say Mike might have made in the early years after Y2K. I've had this bottling before 2X and I continue to enjoy it. It does reflect an aged quality aromatically, which put me on older Zin, and yet there remains plenty of tannin here to stand up the wine. Inky, chewy black fruit, seems like this might keep aging forever.

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  12/11/2016 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Book Club - Grand Finale: The counselor pulled this one out, he does love his 'duese. So do I and this wine is becoming more rare with every cork pulled. Fresh and fleshy fruit, ripe and high octane. That's all I was able to scratch out for a note at the end of 4 hours...

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  12/11/2016 - Frank Murray III wrote:

  From magnum, this was opened last night and there was a few ounces left that simply sat in the open bottle at room temp. Decided to revisit the remainder and write this note, as I didn't recall it well from last night. Had this 2 years ago, with Mike O when he was down for a visit in the OC. I loved the wine in 2014, thought it was unique, fresh and drinking great. So what's here, with the air from the last day? Warm nose (touch of heat), juicy blackberry and dark raspberry, and the same bright acidity that was in the 2014 bottle, it's in this mag, too. Plenty of acidity. For a wine that is getting to 16 years old, the fruit and acidity remain alive. Funny, as I think about the 2009 Tignanello I had a glass of a few mins ago and the aged qualities (or what I perceived to be aged) at just 7 years old, this wine is more than 2X that wine, yet it drinks like it was recently bottled. This bottle is part of the early Carlisle history and was great to taste this again.

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  5/4/2014 - brigcampbell wrote:

  Carlisle Winemaker Dinner with Mike Officer (Luciana's, Dana Point, CA): Can't get this wine anymore, there we're only 100 vines in the Two Acres vineyard until Mike ran one over with his tractor, then there were 99. He then decided to rip them out which he wishes he didn't now. So do we. Only 25 cases made and this was from a magnum.
  
  Very dark, big muscles. I'm getting pine needles, black fruit, anise, licorice, chalky note, and firm tannins. Nice grip on the long finish. While this still has plenty of structure it's nicely balanced.

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