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Community Tasting Notes (171) Avg Score: 92.5 points

  • I went through my 2004 Saxum years ago. The spritz vintage. Got this off auction for $60 and wanted to see how a 19 year old Saxum was doing. I had a 2005 Rocket Block Thanksgiving and it was mind blowing. That and a 2003 Rocket Block that Justin gifted me are the oldest in my cellar.

    This wine still has some spritz so vigorously decanted. A little reductive on the nose. Comes across with stewed, Caramelized, medicinal notes. Question how well it was stored or if this is the evolution of spritz vintage. Still drinkable. My wife actually loved it. I just don’t do well with unintended Amarone.

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  • Drinking well, just opened yesterday. Very nice. Nose very intriguing, mixture of subdued cinnamon, wintergreen and herbal notes (perhaps fenugreek). A very pleasant nose. On the palette, vigorous fruit, with other intriguing elements. Trying to understand and place it all. Great bottle.
    *5th night Beautifully concentrated and brimming with everything “great”.

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  • 2 hour decant. 3 might have been best. Super pleasurable, would be my overall here. Blackberry and late season plum notes, with a touch of spice up front, but seems to be a mature wine. I am glad I got to drink this one.

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  • black and blueberry with notes of tobacco. good tannic structure

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  • This wine is in great shape at age 16. Dark red in color. Sharp, red fruited nose. Plums, raspberries, bit of roast meat on the palate. Lovely, round fruit, but precise and well defined. Cherry notes come out on the mid-palate with just a bit of air. The longer it sits in the glass the more elegant it becomes. Great acidity and balance, smooth tannins. Finishes long, long with sharp red fruits and cleansing acidity. Just lovely. Drink over the next 5 years without any concerns.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    September/October 2006, IWC Issue #128, (See more on Vinous...)

    (Saxum Winery Syrah James Berry Vineyard Bone Rock Paso Robles) Login and sign up and see review text.

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  • By Richard Jennings
    8/16/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 88 points

    (Saxum Bone Rock James Berry Vineyard) Funky carbonic maceration, black fruit and prune juice nose; carbonic maceration, black fruit, fig and prune palate with drying medium finish

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