2012 カーライル レッドワイン スリーバードズ
2012 カーライル レッドワイン スリーバードズ
| 2012 Carlisle Winery Red Wine Three Birds |
47% Sonoma Valley Grenache, Rossi Ranch
27% Sonoma Valley Grenache, Teldeschi Ranch
13% Russian River Valley Syrah, Papa’s Block
8% Sonoma Valley Mourvèdre, Rossi Ranch
5% Sonoma Valley Mourvèdre, Bedrock Vineyard
pH: 3.67
T.A.: 0.61 g/100mL
Alcohol: 14.9%
Cases Produced: 175
While still dominated by Grenache at 74%, we found that doubling the Syrah component to 13% gave the wine a little more richness and structure. Perhaps all the 2009 and 2010 Châteauneuf-du-Papes I’ve been enjoying lately are influencing my palate? Could be! The remaining 13% is the “third bird of a feather” – Mourvèdre. Aged completely in older, neutral oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Tasting Note: Translucent medium ruby-garnet. A gorgeous, perfumed nose of strawberries, red cherries, Asian five-spice, and vanilla (but again, absolutely no new oak on this wine). I could sniff this all night! Quite seamless on entry, red fruits and spice expand across the palate as fine-grained tannins build through a mineral-laden finish. A very sexy wine! Enjoy from release through 2022. (MRO –0 1/18/14)
The 2012 Three Birds Proprietary Red, a blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre, is what Mike Officer calls his Chateauneuf du Pape Sonoma cuvee. The 2012, which achieved 14.9% alcohol, includes slightly more Syrah than usual. Copious notes of kirsch, black currants, lavender, loamy soil and pepper and spice are found in this soft, round, seductive red that caresses the palate. It should be drunk in its first 2-4 years of life.
Carlisle Winery’s Mike Officer and his wife are one of the wonderful stories in the wine world. Going from a part-time home winemaker, to turning out some of his beloved Zinfandels, to becoming one of the two or three leading guardians of old vine Zinfandel in Northern California, Mike Officer was so good at making wine that he changed careers and wine consumers are the beneficiaries. The single vineyard Zins are absolutely remarkable. Everyone who loves Zinfandel should be on Carlisle’s mailing list, the wines are primarily available only from the winery. Sadly, Mike Officer is not making as much Syrah as he used to given the difficult marketplace for this varietal. That’s a shame, as great Syrahs are truly magnificent wines.
(a blend of grenache, syrah and mourvedre): Vivid ruby. Spicy red berries and fresh flowers on the perfumed nose. Really showing the grenache today, offering plump raspberry and cherry compote flavors and a hint of spicecake. Seamless and gently sweet on the smoothly tannic finish, with the floral note echoing. Author: Josh Raynolds Issue: Issue 174
| ワイン情報 | |
| 生産年(ヴィンテージ) | 2012 |
| 生産国 | アメリカ合衆国 |
| 生産領域 | カリフォルニア |
| アペレーション/地区 | ソノマカウンティ |
| ボトルサイズ | 750ml |
| ワイン レビュー | |
| ワイン評価スコアの レンジ | 90 - 95 |
| ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドヴォケート | 92-94 |
| アントニオ・ガッローニ/Vinous | 92-95 |
| ステファンタンザー・インターナショナルワインセラー | 90 |
