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• tomherer Likes this wine: 94 points

  June 28, 2018 - This wine is one of several Carlisle 2015s that seem to be a moving target. I.e., out of two bottles of the same wine, purchased from the same source, one will provide a much different experience than the other. I don't think it's bottle variation either -- maybe more like bottle...evolution?
  
  Anyway, opened a bottle of this about six months ago, and it was pretty closed down. Very nice, and plenty of fruit, but not as generous as you'd expect. This bottle is freaking en fuego. Gobs of ripe raspberry, black cherry, strawberry, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and some orange peel trimming. Absolutely loaded with delicious fruit, but it's light and energetic, not jammy. One of the best zins I've had so far this year, and as always, a price that puts most other producers to shame.

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• Mark1npt commented:

  6/28/18, 6:58 PM - Agree 100%. Have only opened one of my bottles thus far but it was a very weird bottle. Plenty of fruit but also flat/flabby. Def not firing on all cylinders. Now you make me want to open another to try! Thanks....Mark

• rustyRudy commented:

  6/30/18, 7:07 AM - They are hard to leave alone early, but I personally find they really do integrate and start to shine 2 to 3 years after release. Great wine for the price. I love all of Mike's wines.

• Mark1npt commented:

  6/30/18, 9:26 AM - Rudy, I agree completely. Hard to leave alone when they are young. I'm barely able to give them a year!

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