2019 Pax Gamay Noir

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  7/14/2023 - kingkanu wrote:

  This has developed nicely, lovely red berry fruits and a great tang of acidity, well worth giving these a few years to relax, brilliant Cali Beaujolais

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  1/27/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points

  A private dinner (Wine Bar Oocker, Amsterdam, NL): Vines planted in 2001, grafted to Gamay in 2015, volcanic soils, carbonic maceration in stainless steel, aged for 7 months in neutral French oak puncheons (500 litre), 13% ABV. Fresh, light and bright, sweet strawberries, grapefruit, jewelly, mild tannins, spicy minerality, silky texture, taut but supple and juicy, hint of green apple on the finish. Lovely wine, pure and precise.

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  8/18/2021 - kingkanu wrote:

  Lovely jewel like red purple. Crushed strawberry juice on the nose. The palate has a little more savoury aspect, some smoke and minerality, fresh and juicy red berry fruit, maybe a little warm at the end although it states only 13%. Very enjoyable at the simple end of gamay

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  11/26/2020 - yaCellar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Zippier and fruitier than the Bearg bottling. Nice tannins too.

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  6/28/2020 - yaCellar Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I’m going out of my way to drink more Gamay, and gain some understanding. Perhaps I should’ve reached for a benchmark Beaujolais instead of a hobby project of Pax. So I can’t yell heads from tails, but I can say this is moderately interesting. Very fresh, with savory aromatics—I’m guess from whole cluster inclusion—in greater concentration than the underripe red toned fruit. Palette is zippy and grippy, the tannins being most of the finish as the flavors quickly fall flat. This is a nice picnic wine, but I will try to stick to Syrah and Grenache when buying from Mr Mahle.

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