2003 Pax Syrah Castelli-Knight Ranch

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  7/2/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 92 Points

  served right after decanting. Floral, smoky, nice and fruity, even two hours later.

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  6/28/2023 - Peech Likes this wine: 91 Points

  drank after 2½ hours in decanter. Still very fruity with cassis, blueberries, and cedar notes. Beautifully fragrant with eucalyptus and some stewed prunes. Acidity was on the high side and then showing smoky and leather notes. Aerated for too long and needs to be drunk with less time in decanter.

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  5/3/2023 - DonDon Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Today with was superb. Very northern Rhone and when served blind some guess a Guigal LaLa! Similar profile though - meaty, gamey, dark, fresh. Good juice!

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  1/26/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Brought by Don to tonight's tasting......not sure of the air time given......CDP? Rhone? I'm not sure. Eventually, I settled on a Syrah but thought it was Old World, wrong. It's black fruited with great weight in the mouth. Excellent spice on the nose and palate...it's a very silky smooooooth wine at this stage! I never would have thought of keeping a Calli Syrah to age this long! A real pleasure to drink this one. Thanks for bringing it tonight, Don!
  
  Addendum: tasted again with a late lunch today after another 15+ hours in bottle under cork, no gas, no vacuum. Many would still love this but unfortunately, the nose has moved into heavy bacon fat and that's not my preferred style of Syrah. The wine also is now drinking much older than during last night's tasting. Maybe an 89 now?

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  4/27/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points

  OK, it's not as great as it was 5-10 years ago, but still rich and enticingly spice. Maturity of the black fruit gives this slightly less concentration and depth, and more warmth comes through on finish. But still very tasty.

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