Community Tasting Notes 108

• Mountster27 wrote:

  January 24, 2024 - I feel like I wanted this to be something more.
  Has aged gracefully but I wasn’t patient. Kept tasting trying to find the fruit and tannin I expected but it was so integrated and subtle that the wine was gone after 2+ hours and I didn’t quite find it.
  I think I just like em younger.
  Still great.

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• J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 10, 2023 - Bought from the original mailing list offer. Stored in a temperature-controlled cellar at 58 degrees. Every bottle is better than the last. At 14 years, it is approaching its peak, but it still needed a decant of three or four hours. Unfortunately, we had less than 30 minutes, but I have followed it for over 4 hours. My guess is that my remaining bottles should be held for 4-6 more years to smooth out the remaining tannin, but will then plateau for years after that.
  
  There is some alcohol on the nose, but the fruit and violet floral aromas are still prevalent. The palate is cherry and raspberry, leaning towards raspberry, so I'm guessing without looking that the blend is more grenache that syrah. [PS -Wrong. It is 57% Syrah, 31% Mourvedre and only 12% Grenache] This is a fruit driven wine with little or no pepper or spice. Except for the bit of remaining tannin, it is smooth and pure in the mouth despite its power. I do not like it. I love it.
  
  Who are the CT users who said that it is best between 2014 and 2023? I am 72 years old and this wine will be exceptional long after my palate is burned out. As I said, I do not think it has reached it peak. I have bought Saxum wines since the 2004 vintage and I have had a few as old as 15 years past vintage. I have yet to have one that is even close to the downslope.

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• Geoff Likes this wine: 95 points

  November 22, 2023 - Deep, dark color, rousing nose of dark fruits and some secondary notes. Tannins present but mollified, long finish. Excellent Rhone blend.

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• Ex-Ray Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 12, 2022 - Fourth tasting, last one January 2021. It's now ruby-garnet, slightly translucent but no amber edge. The nose is pronounced but straight black fruits without other nuances. On the palate, big and bold, very concentrated black fruits, but power over complexity and elegance. Moderate tannin. Needs more age, but I don't know if the fruit will outlast the tannin. Very hot on the late palate and long finish.
  Ric

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• oaxaca90049 wrote: 94 points

  June 15, 2022 - Another WOW from Justin. This is a lush, round. beautifully made, complex and interest wine. Loads of dark fruit. In a perfect place. These 2009s have all been drinking so beautifully. Feeling lucky to have them

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Saxum
• Varietal Syrah Blend
• Designation Bone Rock
• Vineyard James Berry Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Paso Robles

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• Pending Delivery 14 (1%)
• In Cellars 861 (42%)
• Consumed 1,156 (57%)

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