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2011 Carlisle Syrah Sierra Mar Vineyard Santa Lucia Highlands
Syrah
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
- Santa Lucia Highlands
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Community Tasting Notes 58
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SineQuaNon Likes this wine: 92 points
December 27, 2021 - Initially drinks like a young wine with mostly fruit related notes, a full body and wonderfully rounded, almost to the point where I believe there is a bit of RS in this one. With airing it becomes more savoury and developed, with syrah notes of olives, pine roast, cloves and pepper. Really a full bodied, unctuous, New World Syrah of very high quality
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Backdoctor wrote: 93 points
December 19, 2021 - Drinking great. Tannins are soft, great red fruits on palate. Drinks like a young wine
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Night Train Likes this wine: 92 points
July 10, 2021 - I really like syrahs that look, smell, and taste like syrahs and not generic red table wines. This one delivered in spades. Medium dark color. Big time baconfat and garrigue on the nose. On the palate, it was uncommonly savory, with baconfat and grilled meat, along with black and blue berries and a hint of tapenade. Not particularly rich, with a medium body at most. Really nice finish. Probably slightly past its peak, but just delightful.
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redz wrote: 92 points
November 8, 2020 - Seem to be drinking a lot of syrahs lately, and this was a good one. Nicely fruited, but enough meat to keep it chewy. Lots more time.
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jaumealaska Likes this wine: 91 points
November 4, 2020 - Still purple and opaque, ruby to the edges. Fine sediment beginning to precipitate. Nose is savory with meat, fat dark fruits. Body is medium full, with partially resolved tannins and well balanced acidity wrapping dark and red fruit. Good finish. Enjoyable but not confident it will progress to the next level as the fruit fades and the savory secondary notes evolve.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type Red
- Producer Carlisle
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Sierra Mar Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Santa Lucia Highlands
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 218 (30%)
- Consumed 503 (70%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
97% Like It 39 votes
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- ProducerCarlisle
- VarietySyrah
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionCentral Coast
- AppellationSanta Lucia Highlands
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