7/23/18, 6:08 PM - Maybe. I hope not. My last couple 2007 vintage produttori’s had been doing this at the 10 year mark. Figured I just preferred these wines on the younger side.
4/6/17, 5:37 PM - Thanks for the info! I'll keep an eye out for later vintages. I've also found that this cuvée can be inconsistent; maybe a reflection of the volume of bottles that are produced and perhaps that's a possible reason too.
3/27/13, 8:05 AM - Thanks for your comment Frank. I'm more of an old world style wine drinker myself and this was actually the first California Syrah I've ever had. Based on what I'd heard I was looking forward to a rhone style Syrah with a Californian accent only to get hit with a big dose of Sulphur. I've been detecting sulphur in a lot of the wines I've been drinking lately and am wondering if this an attribute of so called "natural" wine making. I've been drinking a lot of those types of wine lately. With my limited knowledge of wine making I understand a lot of the naturalists don't rack their wines, which reduces its exposure to oxygen and can create sulphury qualities. Maybe Pax works this way?? The Wind Gap was also served (and stored) too warm at a restaurant so that might be part of the problem too. I've had a couple of other bottles served like this in the recent past with similar problems. I'll have to give this wine another try if I come across it again. I guess these frustrations are part of the allure of wine - if you always got what you wanted it wouldn't be such an interesting drink (and the good bottles wouldn't seem as good!).
3/27/13, 6:07 PM - Thanks for the suggestions Frank. I'll have to be on the look out for those. I live in Canada and started out drinking the local wines around British Columbia before getting heavily into French wine. There's just so many regions in France to explore that I just never got into anything from California. My wife and I are visiting San Francisco and came across this wine at a restaurant here. I'd read about it before so thought I'd give it a try. Thanks again.
3/27/13, 7:59 PM - Yeah it's still the Victorian era up here as far as the government's attitude around wine goes. Thanks for the offer on the 1/2 case suggestions. I come down to LA once a year or so to visit family and will definitely ask for some advice next time I come down. Take care.
12/28/12, 5:43 PM - Thanks for the heads up DREDWARDO. You seem to have some experience with older BM pinots. I have stocked up on some from the last few vintages. When do you think these would be at peak?
12/28/12, 7:15 PM - Thanks so much!
12/15/12, 8:16 PM - Hey Weston. I hope I expressed my impressions accurately. The wine was definitely lighter than I expected and seems to have started showing some secondary characteristics. You never know what your going to get when you open a bottle though.
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