Carlisle Papera Ranch Zinfandel, Russian River Valley, USA

卡爾麗絲帕佩拉牧場仙粉黛干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：4731

Vibrant ruby-purple in the glass, the 2019 Zinfandel Papera Ranch (blended with 4% Carignan) has an alluring perfume of woodsmoke, tea leaves, graphite, licorice and intense, spicy bramble fruit. The palate is delicate and perfumed this vintage, with loads of juicy lift and floral layers. 1,001 cases produced.

The 2018 Zinfandel Papera Ranch is blended with 4% Carignan and was aged in 23% new French oak. It has a vibrant ruby-purple color and opens slowly to charcuterie, autumn leaves and graphite that give way to broody cherry fruit, wildflowers and licorice. The palate explodes with intense, juicy, layered flavors with notable purity and loads of floral perfume.

The 2017 Zinfandel Papera Ranch comes from vines planted in 1934. It contains 4% Carignane and was aged in 25% new French oak. It's medium to deep ruby-purple in the glass with aromas of apricot and nectarine, boysenberry, black cherry and raspberry jam, red cherries and fried sage with hints of charcuterie, spices and flowers. The palate is medium-bodied and silky, flooding the mouth with spicy fruits in a chewy frame and lifted by juicy freshness on the long finish. This merits another few years in bottle. 973 cases produced.

A blend of 96% Zinfandel and 4% Carignane from vines planted in 1934, the deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Zinfandel Papera Ranch reveals wonderfully intense Indian spices, baked cherries and dried mulberries notions with hints of prunes, raisin cake and faded flowers. Full-bodied, rich and with amazing tension, it has a firm, chewy frame and epically long finish. 1,005 cases produced.

A killer effort is the 2015 Zinfandel Papera Ranch, from a vineyard planted in 1934, and made from 96% Zinfandel and 4% Carignan. This is a good-sized wine, given its 15.4% alcohol, but like all of Mike Officer’s wines, the alcohol never shows. Moreover, he clearly gives the fruit plenty of attention so that it can strut its ripeness and full-bodied character, given the fact that he rarely uses more than 20-25% new French oak, and of course, the wines are bottled with no clarification by fining or filtering. This should drink well for up to a decade or more.