Carlisle Summer 2018 release

[Frank_Murray_III]

@Drew Goin

My purchase holds no candle to those that ordered multiple cases. Then again, I don’t recall ever buying 12 bottles from any winery in one order!

Carlisle Winery Order:

1 x “Papera Ranch” Zinfandel
1 x “Two Acres” Red Wine
1 x “Rossi Ranch” Grenache
1 x “Pagani Ranch” Alicante Bouschet (wishlisted)

fingers crossed

I told Mike that I want your ‘wish listed’ bottle of Alicante Bouschet.

[MChang]

Oh and jbv, almost forgot.

[brigcampbell]

2 x PS
2 x Mourvedre
2x Grenache

[Alan_Newman]

@Alan Newman

Wanted the AB (zero allocated), JB Syrah (zero allocated) and the Rosella’s (only 2 allocated). Not sure if I’ll get any wishlists granted, and that would make the shipping charges for 2 bottles untenable. I guess I haven’t been ordering enough, but somehow I do still have 79 bottles in my cellar.

Oh well.

FYI: I emailed Mike and he explained that there are 7,000 folks on the Mailing List, and only 946 bottles of Alicante and 1368 bottles of James Berry.

That certainly explains my allocation! I’ve only been buying since 2010- a relative newbie.

[AD_Northup]

@Alan Newman

@Alan Newman

Wanted the AB (zero allocated), JB Syrah (zero allocated) and the Rosella’s (only 2 allocated). Not sure if I’ll get any wishlists granted, and that would make the shipping charges for 2 bottles untenable. I guess I haven’t been ordering enough, but somehow I do still have 79 bottles in my cellar.

Oh well.

FYI: I emailed Mike and he explained that there are 7,000 folks on the Mailing List, and only 946 bottles of Alicante and 1368 bottles of James Berry.

That certainly explains my allocation! I’ve only been buying since 2010- a relative newbie.

Don’t know what I was expecting, but 7,000 seems like a lot…I wonder how many actually order each release

[bob_poirier]

I was allocated, and ordered my one Alicante. I tasted it back in March during a visit and was wowed, was hoping there wouldn’t be a lot of buzz around it and intentionally didn’t post any notes on it.

[J_a_y_H_a_c_k]

@Bud Carey

About 15 cases here too… but I’m going on 72, and want to live long enough to drink all of my cellar, rather than have my kids fight over it. What to do???

Let me introduce you to this guy:

@Bud Carey

I bought my whole alloction - 4 cases.

[Scott_Brunson]

planning on stopping at a case
No AB or JB for me either.

[David_Lewin]

I hope people who weren’t allocated wines they want are asking for them on wish lists. I ordered my usual two cases (which matches my consumption, keeping my inventory at about 15 cases), but passed on the AB and JB. Two of my friends who have much larger purchasing histories than I do have both indicated they are cutting back, so there may be some of the hard-to-get wines available. At least, let’s hope they are for those who want them.

David

[brigcampbell]

@bob poirier

I was allocated, and ordered my one Alicante. I tasted it back in March during a visit and was wowed, was hoping there wouldn’t be a lot of buzz around it and intentionally didn’t post any notes on it.

15 yard penalty for unsportsmanlike WB conduct!

[Frank_Murray_III]

@bob poirier

I was allocated, and ordered my one Alicante. I tasted it back in March during a visit and was wowed, was hoping there wouldn’t be a lot of buzz around it and intentionally didn’t post any notes on it.

Bob, this post made me sad. Why aren’t we celebrating wines that create the kind of ‘wow’ or joy that comes from drinking them? I took a different approach, posting the photo of the Alicante Bouschet in the other Carlisle thread. I would rather get the one AB I am offered and share it at an offline and let as many people I can find get a pour of that wine.

[NickRut]

Got 2 cases. Got lucky and got an AB and a JB. Been an expensive week.

[Sherr1_Shap1r0]

@Frank Murray III

@bob poirier

I was allocated, and ordered my one Alicante. I tasted it back in March during a visit and was wowed, was hoping there wouldn’t be a lot of buzz around it and intentionally didn’t post any notes on it.

Bob, this post made me sad. Why aren’t we celebrating wines that create the kind of ‘wow’ or joy that comes from drinking them? I took a different approach, posting the photo of the Alicante Bouschet in the other Carlisle thread. I would rather get the one AB I am offered and share it at an offline and let as many people I can find get a pour of that wine.

+1 well said and I couldn’t agree more.

[s.spewock]

I did not take my allocation of JB. So, there will be 2 available.

[Chris_H2]

Between Quivet, Rivers-Marie, and the upcoming Bedrock, and Myriad, I’ll need to reduce my order a bit, but Carlisle is a favorite, and certainly the 2016 vintage seems great in Napa and Sonoma counties! I’ll be in for some Carlisle, Bedrock, and Papera zinfandels. I’ve never tried the Syrah, or the Integral, or Two Acre. Would it be prudent to get a few bottles?

[ClydeUnderwood]

@Michael Martin

FYI Just got this message from Mike.

Can you try Chrome, Firefox, or Safari? There’s a bug with Edge that we’re trying to figure out.

So I ordered on Safari.

I saw that too. I clicked the ‘View Offer’ link in the email to bring up the ordering page, filled it out, clicked Proceed and it zeroed everything out. I’m using the Opera browser. At that point I logged into the website using my login and password and filled it out again and it worked. There must be some quirks in the way the auto-authentication (from the email link) works with some browsers.

[ClydeUnderwood]

@Chris H.

Between Quivet, Rivers-Marie, and the upcoming Bedrock, and Myriad, I’ll need to reduce my order a bit, but Carlisle is a favorite, and certainly the 2016 vintage seems great in Napa and Sonoma counties! I’ll be in for some Carlisle, Bedrock, and Papera zinfandels. I’ve never tried the Syrah, or the Integral, or Two Acre. Would it be prudent to get a few bottles?

Yes!

[TerryD]

Relatively new to Carlisle, how long do the zins go? 10+ years? Thanks.

[S_teve_R_edenbaugh]

Depends on how you prefer your wines. I’m currently drinking 2007 Carlisle Zins and Syrahs. Alcohol, fruit, tannins, and acidity integrate themselves into a sweet spot around 5-7 years. I adore older wines but you certainly could drink a Carlisle Zin the day it arrives and find some serious pleasure. The only drawback I’ve found is after around 7,8 years you have to be careful when you withdraw the cork. Even perfectly stored and cellared wines begin to have cork issues and the extra-long Carlisle corks can have a tendency to snap. Just break out the “Aw so” or Durand. Cheers, and welcome to the wonderful world of Carlisle.

[TerryD]

@S teve R edenbaugh

Depends on how you prefer your wines. I’m currently drinking 2007 Carlisle Zins and Syrahs. Alcohol, fruit, tannins, and acidity integrate themselves into a sweet spot around 5-7 years. I adore older wines but you certainly could drink a Carlisle Zin the day it arrives and find some serious pleasure. The only drawback I’ve found is after around 7,8 years you have to be careful when you withdraw the cork. Even perfectly stored and cellared wines begin to have cork issues and the extra-long Carlisle corks can have a tendency to snap. Just break out the “Aw so” or Durand. Cheers, and welcome to the wonderful world of Carlisle.

Thanks Steve.

Will be holding them for a while. So far at 3 to 4 they seem to be getting better. Thinking the syrahs may go farther. Thanks for the heads up on the cork thing, thats sooner than I usually am concerned about. And no one should be with out an “Aw so”.