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| Drinking window: Drink between 2017 and 2024 (based on 4 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.1 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by ajohn206 on 5/8/2021 & rated 93 points: This wine has really developed nicely. Earthy tones and very smooth. Dinking well now after 30 minutes splash decant. (814 views) | | | Tasted by Owlbass on 3/9/2020: Floral on the nose, dark fruit, herbs, strawberries, smoke, earthy. Nice tannins and acid (1126 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 7/16/2019 & rated 92 points: As tasty as the last bottle. Drinking well. (1358 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 7/2/2019 & rated 92 points: Tasty raspberry, floral and white pepper notes on the nose and palate with juicy tannins and moderate finish. (1325 views) | | | Tasted by MikeJK on 5/16/2019 & rated 92 points: Deep ruby with developing nose of m(+) intensity having aromas currently dominated by dark fruits but with some tertiary Syrah perfumes coming through including some hints of incense and cigar box. Full bodied on the palate; acid and tannin are well balanced at m(+). Alcohol is m(+). Flavors are pronounced and concentrated. This is a very good wine that drinks well now but I expect to improve with another 5 years in bottle as fruit fades a bit. (1363 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 5/6/2019 & rated 92 points: As tasty as the last bottle. Drinking well. (830 views) | | | Tasted by Armleg on 5/21/2018 & rated 90 points: Well balanced meaty nose and a bit hot. Color is deep purple edges dark to the core. Front note is the dark fruit with lots of green pepper and an almost Cool long finish. (1400 views) | | | Tasted by gediminasbielskus on 5/3/2018 & rated 90 points: Nose - meaty, dark ripe cherries, hint of blueberry, gentle mint, fresh blackberry, blackcurrant leaf.
Palate - similar to nose on primary, smooth cassis with grippy tannins (high), and high acidity.
Would be best to keep it for a couple of years to soften the tannin, but it is pleasant with a bit of lamb. (1057 views) | | | Tasted by Rieslingfan on 5/1/2018: The bottle showed very well as a pop and pour, with lots of red/black fruit, savory depth and a clean, flavorful finish with a moderate level of tannin. The level of fruit makes it easy to drink now, and provides stuffing for moderate aging. I would expect this could be better in 2-4 years, but would not use it for long keeping. There's no need, as it's fun to drink. (1478 views) | | | Tasted by pjhr on 1/4/2018 & rated 92 points: Tasty raspberry, floral and white pepper notes on the nose and palate with juicy tannins and moderate finish. (1222 views) | | | Tasted by cubswinws on 12/16/2017 & rated 90 points: Interesting wine with simple straightforward flavor profile with a touch oh spice on the finish. Would suspect drinking earlier for this one. (1154 views) | | | Tasted by Eric Guido on 11/10/2017 & rated 92 points: The nose was firmly rooted in the northern Rhone, with a display of ripe black fruit, sweet herbs, pepper, minerals and charred meat. On the palate, I found silky, expansive textures with tannin-encrusted black fruit, minerals, savory spices, herbs and hauntingly dark inner floral tones. The finish was long and spicy, cleaning up the palate with mouthwatering acidity. (1182 views) | | | Tasted by hackey37 on 4/18/2017 & rated 92 points: Inky purple, opaque with slight haze. Aromas are blueberry, blackberry, hoisin, provençal herbs, and wet stones. The tastes are blackberry, herbs, raspberry, and damp earth. Good acidity and fine tannins. The finish is long and herbal. (1152 views) |
| By Richard Hemming, MW
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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)North CoastLodi |
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