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(336 notes on 257 wines)

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Red
3/6/2024 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Red and purple fruits on nose and palate. Well balanced acidity, with deep floavors of sweet ripe fruit without being over-the-top fruit bomb. Feels yound and will likely conintue to age well with uderlying tertiary flavors becoing more apparent.
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Red
9/24/2023 - sma Does not like this wine:
85 points
Not sure why but I thought this wine was either flawed or bad. The color was dark garnet and clear with no debris present. There was a smell of vanilla and red/purple fruit. On the mouth the vanilla/carmel was still present but there was a near absence of fruit. I was extremely disappointed this wine as I had enjoyed other vintages from this vineyard.
Red
9/22/2023 - sma Likes this wine:
89 points
Bright red and purple fruit flavor. Juicy but not as deep or co,mplex as some previous vintages of this wine, or other zons from Turley. Medium body, medium long finsh, low tanin.
Red
8/25/2023 - sma wrote:
flawed
Duiaturbing fungal nose that was present on the palate. Maybe I am lucky but I have not encoutered tis before with Turley wines. Totally off-putting!
Red
7/29/2023 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Fully mature with smooth tannins. Cherry and plum with other dark fruits. Vanilla adn perhaps cherry cola. Although I enjoyed the wine, I was thinking perhaps it is on the downhill slide of its life.
Red
1/5/2023 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Dark in color with long legs on glass and a fruity nose. Purple and dark fruit on palate with nice acidity and medium long finish. Vanilla and dusty earth. Medium body overall. Although it is a very nice wine at a great price point, I am spoiled by having enjoying one of Carlisle's other syrahs that had another decade in the cellar earlier in the week. Lovely wine and great price but this winery has some real gems as well that really show what they can do.
Red
1/1/2023 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Deep garnet in color, dense. Fruity nose. Plums and dark fruit with spice and earthy on palate with great complexity. The depth is wonderful and well balanced in a way that is very pleasing.
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Red
2011 Linne Calodo Nemesis Paso Robles Syrah Blend, Syrah (view label images)
9/25/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
terrific
Red
9/18/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Incredibly rich, smooth complex wine that is fully mature. Red, blue and purple fruit with underlying vanilla from oak. Subtle earth and spice.
Red
2011 Linne Calodo Cherry Red Paso Robles Zinfandel Blend, Zinfandel (view label images)
6/25/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Amazing red and black fruit nose upon pouring. Deep dense ruby in color. Complex fruit and earth flavors, vanilla, damp earth, cherry, plum, red and black raspberry, and spice. Long smooth finish. No unresolved tannins. Smooth clean and wonderfully enjoyable.
Red
4/7/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Brambly black and purple fruit, smooth tannins, some spice and damp earth. Wonderful!
Red
3/20/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Bright red fruit-cherry, raspberry, strawberry and brambly flavors. Medium body, medium acidity, medium tannins. Very pleasant drinking.
Red
3/19/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
95 points
Deep garnet/red in color, stains the glass, huge body. Dark red, purple, and black fruit that is very fruit forward and yet balanced. Hot for these who want old world wines, but well-balanced despite intense fruit flavors.
Red
2016 Carlisle The Integral Sonoma County Red Rhone Blend (view label images)
3/1/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Baked plum and dark cherry with some spice box. Medium body, medium acidity, medium tannin. Seemed more Syrah dominant and less flavors of mouvedre. Enjoyable blend that is not a fruit forward as I might have expected.
Red
3/19/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Dark garnet in color with long legs. Deep fruit flavors of black cherry, plum, black raspberry, smooth mature tannins. Dusty earth, leather, wonderfully mature and yet still bright fruit. Fantastic zinfandel.
Red
2/14/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Seemed closed and a bit clumsy even with decanting and 30 minutes in glass. Napa nose, earth cassis and other red fruit. short to medium finish but lacking sweet ripe fruit. Enjoyble but seemed less than I expected although it has been a few years since I last drank this wine.
Red
2/19/2022 - sma wrote:
92 points
Wonderful big Napa cab. Dark garnet/red. Long legs on glass. Dusty Rutherford nose with earth and red fruit. Smooth on palate with cassis, earth, mint and tobacco. Delightful. Long finish that really pleases.
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Red
2012 Carlisle Three Birds Sonoma County Red Rhone Blend (view label images)
2/13/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Delightful GSM blend. Fruit on noise, black and purple fruit, plum bluegerry and boysenberry. Smooth tanins, fully mature. Medium long finish that is complex, and pleasant ripe fruit. Long bottle in my cellar.
Red
1/15/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
91 points
Deep in color with lovely fruit nose of red fruit. On palate flavors of plums and cherries, savory earth, with powerful long finish. Very smooth with mature tannins. Very lovely at present time and perhaps at maturity.
Red
1/10/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Medium garnet in color and nice intensity. Red fruit, spice and earth on nose. One the palate there was a sharpness that prevented the red fruit from being as forward as one might have appreciated. We finished the bottle the next evening and it was soft with beautiful red fruit-strawberry perhaps but also some cherry. I feel that this will be better after several years to mature. Early consumption requires a vigorous decanting to allow it to open.
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Red
1/5/2022 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Black and red fruit, smooth tannins, great mouthfeel with spice. Very solid without specific outstanding features. Really enjoyed and glad there are more in the cellar. Not over the top in terms of fruit but well balanced complexity.
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Red
12/27/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
91 points
Well balanced brambly fruit on palate, medium long finish, medium plus body, dense color.
White
12/26/2021 - sma wrote:
90 points
light to medium body of grass and herbs with a hint of citrus, nice mouthfeel, medium acidity. Easy drinking but wished for bigger mouthful of flavors. Nice but not great.
Red
12/24/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Best after breathing for 30 plus minutes. Fruity nose with a hint of earth, red fruit typical of cabernet, medium body, medium tannin that feels soft in the mouth, medium long finish, but still youthful. More enjoyable after second day when fruit came forward and it seemed more balanced and open.
Red
12/25/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
89 points
Nice balanced old world wine with cherry and other red fruit, leather and earth. High acidity, medium body, medium long finish that is best enjoyed with food. Very enjoyable with cheese and sausage board.
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Red
10/31/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Bright red with medium density. Bright brambly fruit that seemed sweet ripe but without pushing over to overly sweet. Medium body, medium finish, and very pleasant.
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Red
10/31/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Dense and deeply colored with intense nose. Earth. leather, red and black raspberry, savory herbs. The fruit appears to have receded and the complexity increased. Long lingering finish. Smooth with mature tannins. Really lovely mature wine that was well balanced and enjoyable.
Red
10/16/2021 - sma wrote:
89 points
Dark garnet in color, very dense. Earthy nose with red fruit-plums. Fruit seems to have receeded but dense complex earth, leather, plum and other dark fruits. Sweet in flavor.
Red
10/16/2021 - sma Does not like this wine:
85 points
There seemed to be a fungal nose to this wine that I had not detected in previous bottles. Not sure if it was a one off, or if the bottles have all declined.
Red
4/11/2021 - sma wrote:
89 points
Red and black fruit and dusty/earth on nose. Blackberry and plum on palate, medium plus body, medium acidity, medium finish. Fruit did not seem to stay after a couple of hours and not present on the next day. Pleasant but not earth-shaking.
Red
3/28/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Very deep garnet in color with red and black fruit on nose. Seemed unbalanced at first drink but really needed time in glass to open and reveal red and purple fruit with earthiness. Very good acidity and I felt the wine was better second day than first. Big complex wine that I suspect has many more years to go before maturing.
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Red
2/15/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Really surprised at how wonderful this wine was to drink. First taste was earthy, leather, red/black fruit that was nicely balanced. Allowing to breathe for 30 minutes, it became even more smooth and balanced with sweet fruit coming forward. The expansion of this sweet fruit flavor slowly expanded in ones mouth and became predominant after 1-2 minutes. Medium-long finish, very well balanced, fully mature. I felt that this was in between a California Cab and an Australian Shiraz. Really enjoyable and made me wish for more of this kind of balanced wine.
Red
2/16/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
91 points
Very smooth and easy to drink. Bright cherry (not black cherry) and other red fruit, earth, pepper, with ripe smooth tannins. Not overblown fruit but pleasant medium body wine, medium long finish. Fruit expanded over the first hour and was still balanced the following day with the small remaining amount.
Red
2/3/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
91 points
Very nice red, purple, black fruit with some dusty earth underlying the fruit. Medium plus body, medium plus finish, dark purple/garnet in color. Could easily continue to age but very pleasant now.
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Red
2/2/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Nice medium weight zin in with the brambly red and purple fruit comes forward. Well integrated with medium tannin. Medium finish that is very pleasant in the mouth.
Red
1/30/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Tasted over two days and I find this wine to have great depth and nice complexity although clearly still evolving. My first experience with this wine and it seemed tight upon opening with dark fruit, earth and tar, spice box being predominant flavors. Moderate tannins that do not dominate your tasting. By second day the fruit was more forward and its sweetness comes through and the presence of the Petite Sirah dominates the flavor profile. Thinking of other petite sirahs that I drink from Turley and Carlisle, they really do show their best qualities with age, however, this wine can be drunk younger with some breathing for decanting to help open it up. I would buy again without a doubt.
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Red
2009 Carlisle Two Acres Russian River Valley Red Rhone Blend (view label images)
2/14/2021 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Wonderfully balanced rhone style wine with complex dark fruit flavors, savory earthy and meaty flavors. Very smooth and integrated. Lovely mature wine and I could drink this kind of wine any time. Great with our grilled lamb chops, gorgonzola polenta and roasted eggplant.
Red
12/25/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Complex dark fruit flavors with damp earthiness that was smooth and very pleasant. Ripe fruit without coying sweetness. Wish there was more of it o drink but alas the last bottle.
White
12/24/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Nice bright acidity with citrus flavors that paired perfectly with our lobster and mussels.
Red
12/19/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Ripe brambly fruit flavors that explode in the glass and mouth. While fruit forward, this is not a fruit bomb and the wine is complex and balanced. Very hard to think this is a second label for Linne Calodo.
Red
2009 Carlisle Two Acres Russian River Valley Red Rhone Blend (view label images)
12/12/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Smooth well developed tannins with medium long finish. Red, black and purple with all the berry flavors coming through.
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Red
12/6/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Jammy with red and purple fruit, medium body and complexity compared to the Barossa shiraz we were also drinking this evening. Smooth mature tannins, jam, burnt marshmallow, pepper, savory herbs and spice. Cool weather shiraz but very enjoyable and pleasant. Very balanced, medium finish, medium complexity.
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Red
12/6/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
89 points
Medium garnet in color, not as deep as other wines we enjoyed in this tasting. Raspberry, almond, apple cider, kumquat (?)-very pleasant but medium in complexity with a shorter finish. Finish seems short but the sweet fruit does come back after 20 seconds, but does not persist.
Red
12/6/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
94 points
Plum, blackberry, black raspberry, savory herbs, menthol, pine? Long sweet fruit finish-sweet ripe bing cherries. Flavors persist for 30 seconds or more. Deep garnet in color, very complex.
Red
12/6/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Purple and black fruit on nose which leaped from glass. Dark garnet in color. Plum, black raspberry, mint, leather on palate. Medium long finish with fruit persisting until end. When returning to glass after 30 minutes or so, one is left with a long sweet fruit finish that lingers. Very likely to be at its peak. Well enjoyed by all in tasting group.
Red
3/28/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
Unbelievable that this wine is still wonderful. Medium garnet in color as befitting its age. Nose of subtle cherry, earth and leather. Very smooth on palate with integrated tannin, medium long finish, with complex flavors of cherry, sweet red fruit, earth, leather, and hints of spice box. It stirred a wonderful memory of visiting the winery in late 1990's in its rustic tasting room that was a touchstone to original California winery experience in the Russian River.
Red
2/20/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Deep garnet in color and fruity nose of purple and black fruit. Savory olives, herbs and earth on front, following by plums, stewed purple and block fruit. The small amount left over was even better next day. Well integrated and lovely to drink.
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White
2/1/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
89 points
Medium gold in color, citrus and apple on palate with some minerality. Medium long finish. Pleasant.
Red
1/16/2020 - sma Likes this wine:
92 points
Deep garnet in color with earthy dark fruits on nose. Smooth ripe tannins, round mouthful of red, purple and black fruit-plums, black berries. Well balanced medium long finish.
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Red
11/27/2019 - sma Likes this wine:
90 points
Popped and poured but wish I had let it breathed before drinking. Very tight upon opening and hard to appreciate the flavor as much as I usually do. I tend to try and forget these wines for a wine so the soften and evolve. The nose is fruity and medium strong. Color is medium red/purple and the body is medium. Red and black raspberries and other brambly flavors. I think I will leave this alone for a couple of years.
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