4/5/2024 - BradboBaggins wrote:

This is great. Higher toned, with plenty of fruit but never veering towards over extracted or cloying. Good structure. Definitely has some very enjoyable runway ahead of it.

4/3/2024 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Tart, meaty, grippy, and very enjoyable. This isn’t a deep, contemplative wine (apparently made the year after Ed Durrell sold the vineyard) at this point, but it’s in a good spot and isn’t going to die any time soon, though I suspect it’s not improving any either. Enjoy it, take good care with the high degree of sediment.

2/29/2024 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Fantastic spot now

1/19/2024 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Rich, structured, and still in a lively great place. Years left to go on this one.

8/18/2023 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

In a beautiful place, plenty of brambly fruit, wonderful mouthfeel, some forest floor notes creeping in to bring complexity. This is what well aged Carlisle is all about.

8/11/2023 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Aging beautifully, probably at peak. Preserved lemon, slate, steel and tarragon.

4/29/2023 - BradboBaggins wrote:

In a great place, who says Zin can’t age? Plenty of grip, but wonderfully round tannin, mix of olive and savory notes and stewed berry fruits, with a bit of earthy notes. Great stuff.

3/25/2023 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Unsurprisingly rigidly tannic, this opened up some after about 24h in the decanter to reveal some lush dark fruits to accompany the stern, graphite-like tannins. Plenty of life left ahead.

3/4/2023 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Good solid dry style, moderate age ability slate, apricot, lime, and a bit of crunch to this. Would buy again.

11/24/2022 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Not especially complex, but in a great place. Great minerality and verve, rounded mouthfeel from the age, and a hint of petrol. Probably near/at peak.

11/6/2022 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Mature Pinot in a good place. Mix of pomegranate, sour cherry, forest floor, leaves and all. Medium weight, good acidity. Paired well with squash risotto and bass. Drink em up!

12/31/2021 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Banging on all the dry, minerally cylinders

12/31/2021 - BradboBaggins wrote:

In a great spot, but probably edging past peak

8/4/2021 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Nose of dried cranberry, fall leaf pile, leather

Palate of more craisin, fall leaf pile, sour Cherry, damp log tannin, fall floral note, light tannin, nice balance.

This isn’t a crazy great GC wine or from a great year, but it’s a good wine thats fully mature and probably ending its peak. In a beautiful place that’s 110% Burgundian. An amazing value for $40 at Wegmans a few years back.

5/7/2021 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Good citrusy and pineapple, medium dry, quaffable and easy. Good stuff.

3/16/2021 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Great balance, white cherry, lanolin, hay, minerals. Fantastic stuff, youngish place.

1/9/2021 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

In a great place, drink now.

12/7/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Still plenty of candied fruits, decent acid, lighter body, not the most complex thing, but very drinkable and an excellent representation of the grape.

11/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Fresh and punchy, with tropical lemon and floral notes, and a less prominent minerality than I’m used to with leaner Muscadet. This is wonderfully approachable stuff that won’t hurt to age either.

10/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Nose is reductive, some struck match, hot rocks, underripe peach

Palate is full of juicy citrus, creamy malo notes, some fresh Forest notes, zippy acid and minerality in the slate vein.

Really good stuff, in a really nice place.

10/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Ripe on the nose, lemon curd, underripe pineapple, tropical custard

Palate is underripe mango, lemon, plenty of toasty oak notes, some oak tannin.

Not overly opulent, but definitely on the oakier side, good tart balance though.

10/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Good balance, plenty of citrus, a bit of light wood influence, showing a foresty note, and a refreshing minerality at the close. Good value stuff.

10/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Weak nose, some lactic notes, some ripe apple.

Palate is somewhat oaky, with bland beechwood notes and a bit of vanilla, as well as some lemon.

10/18/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Lots of lime, a bit of an off note of past prime zucchini, not much else. Cheap, acidic, not particularly well balanced.

8/13/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

On fire. Needs 4-6 hrs decant still. Great stuff.

7/8/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Complex and fresh, this has a long life ahead of it, comparable to an excellent Spatlese

6/21/2020 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Ripe but balanced. In a great spot, could go another 5 years.

6/21/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

After multiple flawed bottles, this one was in a great spot now. Drink up!

6/17/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Citrus, lightly pithy, mineral driven and mature. In a really nice place.

3/11/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

In a great spot, like a moderately aged Kabinett

2/26/2020 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

In a perfect spot right now

2/26/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

In a great place!

2/6/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Tannic and deep, this shows off the petite sirah most. A long life ahead, decant seriously now.

1/31/2020 - BradboBaggins wrote:

At the end of its window, still kicking though. Good mix of petrol and citrus.

8/18/2019 - BradboBaggins wrote:

In a good spot, still plenty of youthful fruit, but the tannins are moving from "imposing" to "manageable" without a notable decant. Enjoy.

8/18/2019 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Nose: Rich earth, berry potpourri, light herb

Palate: Light to medium bodied, tart cherry, herbs and raspberry, touch of orange peel and earth at the close with good grip.

This is in a great place, and I'm really surprised, as I like this better than the 2010 Reserve. Great stuff from the early star of FLX pinot.

5/12/2019 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Possibly past prime, as full level was excellent but Wine was highly advanced.

5/12/2019 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Fantastic, deep, rich and full.

3/20/2018 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Really nice for a base Langhe.

2/25/2018 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

Pretty darn tasty. Still singing.

5/26/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Surprisingly mature.

5/16/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Delicious, though a bit simple, old school Rioja.

5/16/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Such a strong, delicious rose. Could even use a year or two of additional age. So good.

5/8/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Good, straightforward flinty and citrusy Alsatian example. Could improve a point or two over the next few years.

5/1/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Nose of sour cherry, mild barnyard and hint of VA.

The slightly underwhelming nose gives way to a much more vibrant palate of fresh fruit, some herbs de provonce in the middle and a good drying fruit leathery strawberry close. Lacking my more descriptor laden verbiage for this one, but it's a reasonably clean and nicely attractive Musar. A unique blend from a unique terroir

4/20/2017 - BradboBaggins Likes this wine:

In a great place, definitely lighter bodied and cool climate, but with wonderful ripeness and floral notes. Came alive with just an hour or so decant. Delicious.

4/3/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Simple, zesty citrus and some minerality to the light effervescence. Perfect summer fish wine.

4/2/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Solid bigger body white with good acidity, mostly creamy citrus.

4/1/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

1985 Kopke Colheita

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3/26/2017 - BradboBaggins wrote:

Rich nose of warm apple, raspberry, bramble and pie spice.

Solidly structured palate of brambles, berries and fresh berry jam. This is a great wine with years ahead. As good as zin gets.