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Community Tasting Notes 39
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wino121 wrote: 92 points
October 22, 2021 - Just say PAX is the man-
Enough said..
3-5 years too young .
Stunning wine.
Drink now with serious aeration thru 2025-8 -
Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 92 points
July 6, 2021 - Last of three bottles but this could go a lot longer. This is an extremely masculine Rhone blend with saline minerality, cranberry, herbs, fierce tannins still, long finish. It's quite something although not for everyone.
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RyanStotz Likes this wine:
November 25, 2020 - Really wasn't expecting this. I'd buried it in the cellar due to it being not only new world Syrah but 15.1% abv new world Syrah, and opened it for day drinking cocktail wine thinking it'd be a fruit bomb. Pax being Pax, I was, of course, wrong, and this has plenty of acid and savory guts to bring the judicious fruit into balance. Meaty, bloody, and a little chocolatey on the nose, but the palate brings the high-toned raspberry coulis and candied red cherry on a bed of Cornas-like tannins. Should've gotten the lamb pairing it deserved, but some decent Gruyère and bread was OK too. Could probably go another year, but it's in a nice place right now if you've got some rich protein for it to with.
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Beezc Likes this wine: 90 points
November 13, 2020 - If you have any drink up. Fruit is fading and it does not have a lot of life left. Not bad but wished I had consumed a year or two earlier.
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alpha_ori Likes this wine: 92 points
October 6, 2020 - Delicious and intense, sour and focused. A touch of smoke and then soil. I like it, but I can see how it can be divisive.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Agharta Wines
- Varietal Syrah
- Designation Black Label
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion North Coast
- Appellation North Coast
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
- In Cellars 175 (41%)
- Consumed 246 (58%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
88% Like It 17 votes
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- ProducerAgharta Wines
- VarietySyrah
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNorth Coast
- AppellationNorth Coast
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