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| Drinking window: Drink between 2015 and 2024 (based on 108 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by yaCellar on 4/10/2022 & rated 90 points: 2h decant. Shows that cut garden hose note. Iron & Bramble. Taste is underwhelming for a Pax. I wanted meaty funk. I got diluted creme de cassis. Lots of structure remains. (188 views) | | | Tasted by DonDon on 9/6/2018 & rated 88 points: Quite disappointed but leaving the strong possibility that this will improve with time. The problem here for me is the level acidity which is frankly way too high and which dominates the aftertaste. Rest of the wine very tight and not giving too much away even after a long decant. I have just bought 6 of these and 6 of the 2013s after previous delicious experiences with younger Pax (some time ago as obviously this label does not exist any more) so will try a 2013 next to compare but this this wine might just be a in a bad phase right now and certainly needs more time. (585 views) | | | Tasted by yaCellar on 11/5/2017 & rated 92 points: Hidden at first, a 2 hour decant unveils a strong beauty. Aromatics lift almost effortlessly carrying roses, dark fruit jam, licorice, tar, and herb bouquet, consistent through to the long finish. Great structure, light tannins, and a solid acid backbone pair this well to the right dish. Makes you want to eat a great stew in the forest on a fall day. We just skipped the forest part. (747 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Sonoma and Beyond: New Releases (Feb 2014)
(Pax Wine Cellars Syrah Alder Springs Vineyard Mendocino County) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Pax Producer website
The goal of our winemaking is to discover distinct California wines that are that way because of a unique terroir, or a unique interaction of vine and environment. Therefore with respect to winemaking we do everything we can to do very little. However, while it is true that great wine is made in the vineyard, we know that we can make decisions that have impacts on the critical characters of a wine. The first step of good winemaking is to be very involved in the vineyards, afterward taking inspiration from the Rhone Valley in France, we’ve discovered a few critical factors to why our wines taste the way they taste: harvest timing, stem inclusion, native fermentations, judicious oak regimes, and patience [...] our goal is to make great wine and nothing else.
Each bottle matches the soil color of the specific vineyard with the color of the label (and, prior to 2014, with the cork wax). For instance, the white, chalky, limestone soils of the James Berry Vineyard merit a white Pax label, etc.Syrah Varietal article (Wikipedia) | (Wines Northwest)
Note that some producers in the Northern Rhone distinguish between simply Syrah and "Serine", the latter described as ‘an ancient clone of Syrah, the berries of which are more oval-shaped and less deeply pigmented than Syrah’ by producer Tardieu-Laurent. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)Mendocino County Mendocino Winegrape & Wine Commission
Eagle Peak, Mendocino County AVA:
http://eaglepeakava.com/
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=139785
https://winesvinesanalytics.com/news/article/139898 |
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