2021 Carlisle Papera Ranch Zinfandel
96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck: Pouring an inky youthful ruby, the 2021 Zinfandel Papera Ranch is ripe with lavender, ripe boysenberry, fig, melding spices, and wet stone. Full-bodied and opulent, it opens to a flood of ripe baked berries, with sweet earth, supple texture, and cocoa filling the palate. With a superb, long finish, I sense it will develop at a glacial pace. Drink 2025-2040.
95 Points - Wine Spectator: Deeply structured yet agile and vibrant, with handsome flavors of black cherry and raspberry that take on dried fig, orange peel and brown spice accents as this builds richness toward medium-grained tannins. Drink now through 2035.
#24 in the Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2024!!!