March 12, 2023 - Nice stuff. Wish he was still making Wind Gap.
September 24, 2021 - One of the best and most interesting domestic Grenache I have had. So bummed I have only one bottle left.
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.
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.
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.
November 6, 2018 - Good showing... fruit has started to integrate, raspberry jam, loam. Fine acids, soft tannin. Yet, no real pop. Opened up over a couple of hours but could use more air.
December 3, 2017 - Medium garnet color, pop-n-pour nose shows mostly floral notes with some strawberries. Palate is tight, acidity with some spice, very tannic. Some air starts to loosen it up, sour cherries and pepper. Probably an in-between hop on this, losing its youthful fruit but not any tertiary development yet.
February 20, 2017 - Final bottle of a trifecta that has been decidedly subpar. Perhaps the group I got was damaged (see previous tasting notes), so everything should be taken with a grain of salt. Certainly the best showing of the bunch, but still nothing I have any interest in revisiting. Double decanted. On the nose: tart red fruit and a hint of va and stems. On the palate, a bit thin; more tart acidity and extremely drying and coarse tannins. Dump the rest.
February 17, 2016 - Transitional. This has always been acid-driven, and remains so; right now the fruit is starting to pull back a bit, and the savory, minerally, earthy side is showing more. Intellectually very satisfying, but I think there will be more pure enjoyment down the road with some additional cellar time. The parts sure are nice right now, and it's tasty after a bit in the decanter, but it needs a bit of time to come back together and be all of a piece again. NB: Tons of sediment.
February 14, 2016 - Decanted for 3 hours. Tasty red raspberry on the nose and palate with pepper notes on the finish with refreshing tannins.