Notes of flashy purple and red berry fruit, brush, and some alcohol and vanilla. Fairly simple and straightforward, but a pleasant enough sipper throughout the evening. Nothing I would necessarily…
MATT SCOTT nailed it again with many of the specific tasting notes on this wine. Flavors of elderberry, blueberry, blackberry, violets, limestone, and earth. It almost tasted to me as though there…
I was actually pleasantly surprised by the openness and accessibility of this wine. The 2012 Carlisle Syrahs have proven to be an improvement overall from the past few vintages Mike Officer has put…
PnP with tight, cool notes of purple and black berry fruits, with additional flavors of black licorice and slate. Fairly monolithic, with only the QPR really making up for it. As a stand-alone wine,…
An absolutely phenomenal example of Mike Officer's ability to extract the very best PS juice from the coveted Palisades site. Deep, inky black and purple fruits, with specific notes of ripe…
PnP with notes of blackberry, blueberry, and some high-toned raspberry; alcohol and a bit of a chalky spine were evident, clamping down on the primary fruit core.
I had been admittedly losing a little faith in Carlisle over the years, as there have been some misses lately in terms of richness and depth in Mike Officer's Syrahs. (He has commented that his…
Initial PnP was extremely restrained, with tight, high-toned red and purple berry fruits flavors. Very thin and alcohol-ridden on the finish. I was concerned this was going to be a dud at first. Not…
PnP with not much of a nose; some saline, alcohol, and muted red and blue fruits. On the palate, medium red and purple berry and plum notes, with olive, sea salt, and blood orange.
Inky purple and black fruits, with notes of blackberry, blueberry, tar, smoke, and wet slate. Accessible right now, with a friendly tannic spine that creates nice structure for the dark fruit. It did…
As others have noted, blackberry, blueberry, and black olive notes. What distinguishes this wine over the other Carlisle Syrahs is the interplay between the subtle meaty notes and distinct Papa's…
Notes of tart blackberry, red fruits, olive, and rocks and minerals. Some saline notes with an odd tart (almost grapefruit) tinge on the back end. Not sure where this wine is going, with complicated…
Initial PnP was a little tight with blackberry, black cherry, and somewhat gritty tannins. Had a 30 minute decant and began to open up with smoother, richer black fruit flavors, as well as muddled…
On the nose, faint aromas of purple fruit and an initial whiff of alcohol. On the palate, very subtle (almost fragile) blue and purple fruit flavors. Especially light and lithe for a Carlisle Syrah.…
