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• KenK Likes this wine: 89 points

  March 31, 2024 - While good, this remains a head scratcher given AG rated this 100 points. It’s a lighter styled red fruited wine with nice tension, but hard to find this more than a good light red wine. Nothing profound, but nothing offensive either.

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• RPerro wrote: 89 points

  November 23, 2023 - Decanted 1 hour. Still don't see how this ever rated 100 points from AG, but this bottle was mildly better than the last. More nuanced flavors, less green/acid water, but still not really my style of Syrah.

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• Rezy13 wrote:

  November 21, 2023 - Tuesday Night Double Blind $60+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Opaque core with thin purple rim; violets, concrete, deep and layered, white pepper, blueberry, a little too heavy and sloppy on the finish, lush, green peppercorn echoes; Chaillot?- Pax?- ended up on Railsback Bien Nacido Syrah; a better showing for this bottle of 2016, not a wine I think does well with a lot of age.

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• Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 92 points

  November 9, 2023 - Last time I had this wine was 2018 and it came across as far darker and inkier. This time, the wine felt much more restrained with lovely notes of lavender, violets, peppers, and a hint of olive. Very juicy notes of berries on the mid palate. Quite nice!

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• kend707 Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 10, 2023 - Interesting Syrah with no hard edges and a captivating hint of tobacco on the finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Pax
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation Sonoma Hillsides
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Russian River Valley

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• Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,042 (56%)
• Consumed 818 (44%)

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