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2012 Wind Gap Wines Old Vine Grenache Sceales Vineyard

Grenache

  • USA
  • California
  • Sonoma County
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Community Tasting Notes 24

  • klezman wrote:

    March 12, 2023 - Nice stuff. Wish he was still making Wind Gap.

  • elevwine Likes this wine: 93 points

    September 24, 2021 - One of the best and most interesting domestic Grenache I have had. So bummed I have only one bottle left.

  • StainedGlass Likes this wine: 92 points

    April 22, 2021 - I don’t think Grenache gets much better. Light bodied, savory with lightly ripe fresh fruit and refreshing acidity. Very good food wine. 13% abv. Wind Gap is no more. I don’t think Pax is making this wine. Too bad.

  • subwaysam wrote: 95 points

    March 10, 2021 - uniquely great. CDP was the jumping off point for this satisfying wine. Our last bottle had depth, some grenache fruit flavor and profoundness that this overachiever shouldn't have had.

  • elevwine Likes this wine: 93 points

    February 20, 2021 - Pax Mahle seems to march to a different drummer. This is a light take on Grenache, light bodied, and bright and fresh flavors even after 8+ years. Raised in concrete eggs, this wine still has lots of bright red fruit (did not expect strawberry from a Grenache) accompanied by lovely floral aromatics like violet and and maybe a bit of lavender. Not what I expected when I bought for a steal, but so enjoyable.

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    1/26/2015 (link)

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    Jul/Aug 2014, Issue #52, This Summer’s Fine Lineup of Old School and Neo-Classical American Wines

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  • By Josh Raynolds
    May/June 2014, IWC Issue #174 (link)

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    Sonoma and Beyond: New Releases (Feb 2014) (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2012
  • Type Red
  • Producer Wind Gap Wines
  • Varietal Grenache
  • Designation Old Vine Grenache
  • Vineyard Sceales Vineyard
  • Country USA
  • Region California
  • SubRegion Sonoma County
  • Appellation Sonoma County

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  • Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
  • In Cellars 83 (41%)
  • Consumed 118 (59%)

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