The 2004 Petite Sirah displays a glorious blueberry blackberry floral and crushed rock-filled perfume. Full-bodied with striking minerality as well as delineation it has the potential for two decades of aging. Kudos to Mike Officer!A â_ogood feelingâ__ story is that of Mike Officer a home winemaker who began his own winery Carlisle in 1998 while he was still working as a software developer. The huge success he enjoyed among his mailing list customers who quickly recognized his dedication to serious winemaking from old vineyard sites allowed him to abandon his software career to become a full-time owner and winemaker. These are all big but incredibly well-balanced fresh wines. Officer is not afraid to push ripeness to the edge but remarkably the wines are never over the top revealing tremendous textures aromatics and ripeness. He has become one of the top three or four Zinfandel producers in northern California and also demonstrates a sure hand with Syrah and some of the old field blends planted by Italian immigrants over a century ago.(Release date 4/06)Tel. (707) 566-7700; Fax (707) 566-7200