2005 Pax Syrah Cuvée Christine

Community Tasting Notes (92) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  1/4/2024 - wino121 wrote: 93 Points

  Stunning example, 2 plus hours open and decanted.
  This really shinned with food acid cutting purity.
  This has continued to improve with age, which it is still showing little signs for its age.
  Drink now with decant thru 2025\8?

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  4/22/2023 - kzkpt Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark fruits emerge after a bit of barnyard blew off. Rich blackberry, leather and tobacco predominate, with very modest tannins. Relatively short finish for this vineyard. Full bodied, and mostly integrated fruit. Not a lot of acid anymore. Bacon fat and black olive notes.
  Have it in decant, so more notes later. This is ready now, and was better 5-8 years ago, but tasty. Drinking with braised lamb shanks.
  
  Two hours into the decant, and big improvement. Overall sweetish, rich taste, more characteristic of older 90's cabernet than syrah. Very strong and lovely tobacco notes in taste and nose. Lovely.

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  4/19/2022 - BerkeleyBoy wrote: flawed

  The wine has come apart in a bad way; lost its semblance.

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  2/5/2022 - kris.h Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Still showing young. Very dark. Dark fruit, leather, chocolate on the nose. Quite intense actually. The palate is initially smooth, showing lively acidity, sweet fruits, and lovely integrated tannins with a firm finish. Seems to be in a really good place now and I imagine it will drink well for several more years.

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  9/23/2018 - BernieMSY wrote: 90 Points

  A bit of bricking on the edges. Peppery, sweet black fruits. Opened up after an hour decant Moderate tannins,

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