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2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani Ranch
Alicante Bouschet
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Sonoma Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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Tonyboons33 Likes this wine: 92 points
November 14, 2022 - Very inky, deep purple/black color. Drinks lighter than it looks. Very enjoyable and in a great place right now. Loved it.
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EMark Likes this wine:
April 24, 2022 - Pretty purple color with tart fruity aromatics. A gentle stone fruit introduction. Coffee or unsweetened chocolate mid- to rear palate. Interesting "thin" mouthfeel. Some still pretty stiff tannin. While the tongue sensations are not overwhelmingly fruity, the lengthy aftertaste definitely reflects tart fruit. Interesting and very enjoyable. This wine was vefy enjoyable, bu I think it could have remained sideways for quite a few yoears.
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Neras Likes this wine:
April 8, 2022 - Dark, inky red. Not much on the nose. Very fresh on the palate. Very Carlisle - even with this rare grape. Medium length. A little to fresh for my taste, but still a very nice wine!
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spidersva Likes this wine: 93 points
January 23, 2022 - Warming and round but not too big. Bravo Carlisle.
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Dale M wrote: 94 points
April 6, 2020 - Decanted 6hrs. As others have noted, this is really a dark hue of purple when I was decanting it, any darker, it would have been Pennzoil! Maybe it was just the planets aligning or I was under the spell of homemade chili verde nachos, but this was just on fire last night. As dark as it looked in appearance, and certainly had density, I never really thought of it as ripe nor jammy. This was in part to some well placed acidity that was pretty constant from start to finish. Solid tannic structure but less so than a Petite Sirah, more playful too. If this bottle was representative, worth an early look, but if one only has a bottle or two, give it time, I’ll open my second in 5 to 8 years, perhaps longer. Excellent.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Carlisle
- Varietal Alicante Bouschet
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Pagani Ranch
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Sonoma Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 189 (59%)
- Consumed 132 (41%)
Food Pairing
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- Wine2016 Carlisle Alicante Bouschet Pagani Ranch
- ProducerCarlisle
- VarietyAlicante Bouschet
- VineyardPagani Ranch
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Valley
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- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationSonoma Valley