Carlisle 21 Zinfandel Mancini Ranch Russian River Valley 98 Points

Vinous 98 Points: “The 2021 Zinfandel Mancini Ranch is outrageously beautiful. Dark, intense, and wonderfully pliant, the 2021 is endowed with tremendous substance and textural weight. Blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, menthol and licorice build into the sumptuous finish. The 2021 is 85% Zinfandel and 15% mixed blacks. This is Carlisle and Mike Officer at their very best. The 2021 is quite simply otherworldly. Don’t miss it”

Winery Notes: “Electric medium-dark to dark ruby-purple.  Certainly one of the darkest-looking Zins we’ve ever produced.  Explosive, perfumed aromas of spiced berry compote.  There’s raspberry.  There’s boysenberry.  There’s loganberry.  Heck, think of a berry and it’s here!  On the palate, oh my!  So well balanced with so much fruit but so incredibly fresh thanks to the above-average acidity this site offers.  Mancini keeps raising the bar!  Savor this stunning example of Russian River Valley Zinfandel from late 2023 through 2030. “