In the running for shocker of the year so far. Not only because of how youthful it was, but in how it cleaned house at a small Syrah tasting with my local group.
I popped this ahead of time to try a glass because I was a bit skeptical of how it would show…my jaw about dropped when I smelled this wine. My goodness…deep and dark florals, violet, stemmy green herbs, black pepper. Wonderfully balanced and integrated on the palate. Whole cluster profile shines through in a supporting role, with the pepper-crusted blackberries, mocha, olive, charcoal. Not rich, not lean, fastball down the middle. Nervy acidity still. This has a cool-climate vibe to it with just a kick of richness to really seduce you. Brilliant. I may have underscored this. — a month ago
Blackberry vanilla custard nose with some wood spice undertones. Enticing. Great balance of fruit, dried fruit and wood on the palate. Luscious and chewy. Mid life. Craving ribeye. — 17 days ago
Red berry nose. Bright berry flavors well balanced and easy drinking. Perfect on a cold rainy day — 21 days ago
Fresh and drinking very well at 18. — 3 months ago
Took 30 mins to open but really enjoying the boozy strawberries and fine dusty secondaries and waining structure. Really in an excellent place but I could see 3-5 years of pleasure left to give. Can’t wait for the next glass. — 19 days ago
Nice big, chewy wine. 2nd half of the bottle still drank nicely 5 days after opening. — 2 months ago
It’s a Zinfandel from Carlisle. What do you expect? One of the top producers of this variety in all of the country.  — 6 months ago
Billy L.
Mike Officer makes great wine! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 21 days ago