Oi! This is quite awesome. Extremely aromatic on the nose with candied black cherries/blackberries, white pepper, dried florals, incense and black olive tapenade. An intense palate shows sweet-sour crushed black small fruits, the savory notes of black olives, pepper, good acidity and melting tannins on a long floral finish.
Amazing wine. Much better in the third day! First evening, wine was closed, tight and not much expression. Fruit appeared in full on second day. Third day, deeper berries without losing fruit. More pepper. Long finish by third day.
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Vinturied and drank over 2 hours, certainly not enough time to fully open. Beautiful wine with massive fruit still up front and ripe. Slightly lean in the middle with a med finish. This is Pax so it needs air++, no sigh of age. Drink now with serious decant, thru 2026.
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Outstanding. I apparently found it more immediately accessible than others - which means I can't assess what it would have been like on day 2. Dark cherry, touch of bacon fat, some minerality, full-bodied, well-structured, long finish.
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4/26/2024 - devraj Likes this wine: 94 Points
Oi! This is quite awesome. Extremely aromatic on the nose with candied black cherries/blackberries, white pepper, dried florals, incense and black olive tapenade. An intense palate shows sweet-sour crushed black small fruits, the savory notes of black olives, pepper, good acidity and melting tannins on a long floral finish.
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4/26/2023 - guitarguy wrote: 86 Points
Maybe just a hint of TCA or dirty barrel, very faint, with menthol, juicy cherry and pepper notes. I’m starting to believe there is TCA in the wine.
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11/26/2022 - benloeb66 wrote: 92 Points
Amazing wine. Much better in the third day! First evening, wine was closed, tight and not much expression. Fruit appeared in full on second day. Third day, deeper berries without losing fruit. More pepper. Long finish by third day.
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12/31/2021 - wino121 wrote: 92 Points
Vinturied and drank over 2 hours, certainly not enough time to fully open.
Beautiful wine with massive fruit still up front and ripe. Slightly lean in the middle with a med finish.
This is Pax so it needs air++, no sigh of age.
Drink now with serious decant, thru 2026.
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7/3/2021 - Space Nine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Outstanding. I apparently found it more immediately accessible than others - which means I can't assess what it would have been like on day 2. Dark cherry, touch of bacon fat, some minerality, full-bodied, well-structured, long finish.
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