2004 Pax Syrah Alder Springs Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (87) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  4/21/2024 - Neumann U47 wrote:

  Soaked and crumbly cork like all of them. Perfectly stored throughout its life nonetheless.
  
  Sadly pretty bbq sauce’d at this point. Definitely past its undoubtedly delicious peak.
  
  Nothing like the nearly immaculate 04 lauterbach (with an even worse cork) 2 months ago.
  
  Lots of alcohol heat cutting up the raisiny, pruny bbq sauce one note essence. Oh well, they all can’t be winners. Pop and pour to 8 hours in the decanter later, no change.
  
  The lauterbach was exactly the opposite, beautiful soft mature fruit, meat, funk, fresh vibrancy etc. This one was not sadly.

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  8/6/2023 - wicozani Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Toughened wax capsule, cork broke off at nearly its bottom. Had to push the remaining cork in the bottle and decant through a screen. Lots of sediment. Intially a tired garnet in the glass with brown tones and slight bricked edges, accompanied by a decent nose of black and red fruits, forest floor, pink pepper, and a touch of garrique. Subsequently left to decant for 5 hours and brought over to a neighbor's dinner event for pairing with smoked beef brisket. After 5 hours of decanting, the color was now reddish purple extending out to thinning edges, the very aromatic nose now featured blue and black fruits, peppery spice, a touch of oxidation, and alcohol. Very structured now, mild tannins, and a great match for smoked brisket. Was everyone's favorite on the night. Will not get any better as fruit is becoming quite poor, so best to soon consume.

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  3/25/2022 - Bob & Sue Atlanta wrote: 96 Points

  Now I know why I waited. Extraordinarily youthful with harmonial balance.

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  2/12/2022 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 95 Points

  PNP into tasting glass (“Flower” day): Medium ruby with purplish hues.
  
  Super inky, earthy, savory and garrique to the nose. Very dark black plummy fruits. Very complex indeed.
  
  Great structure and have lots of inner energy on the palate here. Super clean and persistent finish.
  
  Great wine! Easily 94-95 points.

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  12/15/2020 - Libbidog Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Appearance
  The wine is deep ruby
  
  Nose
  The wine is pronounced intensity with primary aromas of blackberry, dark cherry, black plum, dried herbs, earth, pencil shavings, white pepper, and old oak.
  
  Palate
  The wine is a dry acid bomb with medium, soft tannins, high alcohol and a medium body. The wine exhibits medium flavors of blackberry, sour cherry, black cherry, and faint sage.
  
  Conclusions
  This wine is good. Despite the very high acid, the wine is fairly well balanced among the alcohol, acid and tannins. The fruit flavors are not as forward as they once likely were given the age of the wine

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