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Red
2005 Pax Syrah The Terraces Alder Springs Vineyard
Syrah
- USA
- California
- North Coast
- Mendocino County
Label borrowed from 2006
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Community Tasting Notes 71
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Peech Likes this wine: 94 points
January 6, 2024 - drank 1 hour after decanting. Nice and fragrant, woodsy fragrance, almost sandalwood. Very fruity, blackcurrant, nice leather, a little floral and soapy on the finish. So beautiful another half hour later with grilled meats, definitely like Côte-Rôtie now, sweet, caramel. Still pretty good after 2½ hours in the decanter.
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Peech Likes this wine: 92 points
July 28, 2023 - drank more than 1 hour after decanting. Big nose where the alcohol was still a little sharp. Lots of plum, cassis, very meaty like grilled meats, and a little leather. After about 2 hours in the decanter, this became more sweet on the nose.
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Peech Likes this wine: 92 points
February 4, 2023 - drank 1½ hours after double-decanting. Really sweet and jammy at first. Notes of eucalyptus and a little leather. Still got tannins.
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Peech Likes this wine: 93 points
October 6, 2022 - drank 45 minutes after decanting. Still kinda tannic, with leather, violet, lavender notes. Improved some 1½ hours after decanting when chilled, with lots of eucalyptus, also got ripe and jammy with blackcurrants.
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mattym19 Likes this wine: 92 points
June 25, 2022 - Open in the bottle for about 3 hours. Nose is subtly earthy with white pepper and black and blue fruits in that typically Syrah way. Palate is fabulous: slightly meaty, umami, almost seaweed notes followed by crunchy red and blue berries and long, mineral finish. Great acidity, tannins obviously still there but not overbearing. Great with steak, great with summer squash salad, great with spicy hummus. These mid-2000s Pax Syrahs are just so killer.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type Red
- Producer Pax
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation The Terraces
- Vineyard Alder Springs Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion North Coast
- Appellation Mendocino County
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 522 (45%)
- Consumed 637 (55%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
93% Like It 15 votes
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- Wine2005 Pax Syrah The Terraces Alder Springs Vineyard
- ProducerPax
- VarietySyrah
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNorth Coast
- AppellationMendocino County
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- SubRegionNorth Coast
- AppellationMendocino County