Same as my previous CT notes on this wine. Solid wine with complex and tiered flavors. A dark profile, especially flaunting its blackberry and black licorice notes. Has a cool, striking minerality…
Elevated from a 92 to a 93 this tasting, as air continues to be a friend to this wine. Akin to my previous CT notes on the 2012 Brown Label, a slow O2 and some vigorous swirling in the glass surely…
Keeps getting better and better. Moved this up to 98 points after a flight of Cabernets at the Mark Herold tasting room in Napa; tasted alongside the 2012 White and Brown Labels. As usual, the 2013…
PnP with notes of lemon curd, pear, bitter apple, saline, straw, and a hit of minerality on the mid-palate (wet granite, gray fines, graphite, limestone). An extremely feminine and delicate…
Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Fortuna, Weitz, and Hossfeld Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015 Quivet Kenefick Ranch Cabernets.
Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Fortuna, Weitz, and Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015 Quivet Kenefick Ranch Cabernets.
Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Fortuna, Coliseum, and Hossfeld Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015 Quivet Kenefick Ranch Cabernets.
Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Weitz, Coliseum, and Hossfeld Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015 Quivet Kenefick Ranch Cabernets.
Drank at Carter/Envy alongside the 2013 Carter Fortuna, Weitz, Coliseum, and Hossfeld Coliseum. Also had barrel samples of the 2015 Myriad Dr. Crane and 2015 Quivet Kenefick Ranch Cabernets.
PnP with notes of raspberry, forest floor, cedar, and hints of olive and clove. A decent example of a Tempranillo, but a little thin on the mid-palate. The finish was a bit short as well, fading…
An absolutely phenomenal bottle of wine. In fact, one of the most alluring Pinots I've ever had the pleasure of tasting. PnP with an enticingly brooding nose of dark berry and baking spice aromas. On…
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…
Similar to my CT notes on 9/22/15, although I gave this an extra couple of points from 91 to 93, as this filled in on the mid-palate much more satisfactorily than it did two months ago.
Similar to all of my notes on this wine in terms of flavor profile, but I bumped this up a number of points to 97. Slow O2 for two hours this time around, which absolutely allowed for it to transform…
Same note as 3 days ago. Couldn't wait until after the holidays. Absolutely fantastic. Gave it even more time with air. Continued to improve. Slow O2 for two hours. Near-perfect all the way around!
I bumped this up a point to 95 from the last couple of tastings I've had of this wine over the course of the past few months. Really shined nicely this time around. Almost identical tasting notes in…
