2014 Saxum Paderewski Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  2/24/2024 - carlsport wrote: 91 Points

  Beast of a wine, despite a 3+ hour decant. Some liked this more than I did, but too big of a bite for me (compared to other better-integrated Saxum’s). Still a nice wine though, particularly with food.

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  2/22/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Open THAT Bottle Night (Joe's Restaurante): Decanted for 2 hours, I believe, but not 100% on that (although I know it was decanted for some period of time). Drank over dinner (pork tenderloin). This is not the first Saxum I have had, but the first time I have tasted Paderewski. It was a little different, but very pleasant, and certainly in my wheelhouse!
  
  The nose was perfumed with cherry blossom and lavender notes, some baking spice, some bacon fat and a twinge of alcohol. The palate showed no alcohol to me, but at least one person stated they could taste alcohol. This is still a big wine, as one would expect from Saxum, but very well done! Loads of black and red fruit, most notably cherry, plum and black currant. The palate also showed notes of jerked beef, some earth, some iron and some sweet toasty oak with shades of tar or anise. The texture was velvety and very pleasing. Easy 94+ to 95, and in a good place now, but no hurry to drink!

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  2/22/2024 - galewskj wrote: 93 Points

  Open that bottle - Dan chooses 2014 Saxum Paderewski (My house): Decanted but I regrettably don't know how long, drank about 1/3rd of the bottle over 2 hours. Super heavy and powerful. I'm struggling for more descriptors because it is a big burly beast, although not jammy or sweet and only slightly alcoholic. The wine showcases vanilla oak, big fruit, pepper, sprice, iron and meaty notes.

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  12/31/2023 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Good but not special.

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  11/16/2023 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I will rate this wine based upon how it tasted from a Magnum at present with no decant. It needed about five more years in the bottle and then probably a two hour decant. There is tremendous power in this wine, but the aromatics have not yet exploded yet. There is red fruit and meeting this with nice spice and the other people I shared this wine with really liked it. I liked it as well, but bemoaned of the fact that it would've been much much better had I waited a few more years. My suspicion is that it is the tannin resolves and the wine smooths out to improve the balance so that the fruit comes closer to the forefront, it will deliver 95 point level pleasure, which is a very high rating for me.
  
  This is another "not for the faint of heart" Saxum of the highest order.

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