2002 Pax Syrah Cuvée Keltie

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 94.3 points

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  12/15/2012 - Chainthroer Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Dark garnet color; surprisingly, not yellowing on the rim of this ten year old wine. Right off, the licorice aromas hit you big time right in the face. Then, the licorice subsides to let other aromas join into an amalgamation of a monster nose. Complex aromas of blackberry, blueberry, licorice, spice, leather, savory Provencal herbs, some cigar box. Similar flavors, with the addition of black cherry and graphite. Big, rich, full bodied and viscous in the mouth. Lots of structure and acid. It still has some tannins apparent, but most are integrated into the wine. A medium-long tangy finish that still has a little bit of heat left. Pairs nicely with prime filet mignon and N.Y. steaks from Illinois, split between my best girlfriend (wife) and me. I mean, why wouldn’t they pair well!? I would have scored the wine a point higher had the finish been just a little longer. Another "my kind of wine”. Note: after 24 hours, the blueberry dominates the nose, along with additional touches of earthiness and tree bark!

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  8/27/2012 - Employee500 wrote: 93 Points

  I liked this, but no one else did (admittedly, a bunch of old-world-oriented palates...including mine though). Blackberry, burnt tire and creosote and tapenade. Some objected to the roasted/burnt flavor, and others seemed to find the wine to have a medicinal cherry-cough syrup flavors (although to me it was all creamy blackberry). Tons of acidity (nearly tart)...Rich and full bodied...still young. The olive/tapenade component was prominent (and unusually pronounced for a New-World wine).

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  5/26/2011 - kenv Does not like this wine:

  Blind Rhone Varietals from Around the World (Salty's Pub, Clifton Park, NY): Big gunky nose. So big and rich, but with an unpleasant medicinal streak. NR 0 votes for WOTF.

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  1/15/2011 - ken-yyz Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Just as intense as always and it is hard to track much evolution now in to it's 9th year. If you like em bug, this sure does deliver.

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  11/22/2010 - WineArchitect wrote: 94 Points

  The bottle was brought up from the cellar to have time to rise in temperature, Decanted for one hour and in the glass it went. A wonderful perfumy aroma leaped from the rim of my glas with hints of menthol, licorice and creosote. The wine represented itsellf for one hour and evolved to a lower level of the same but more integrated flavors. Now the crushed berry flavors showed through the dark opaque colored wine. It was the perfect time to consume this bottle. EG WineArchitect

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