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2003 Pax Cellars Syrah Castelli Knight Ranch
Syrah: 750ml
$57.00
points awarded:
ST 93-94 WA 92 WS 9292 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2005
...exotic effort exhibits notes of ground pepper, black currants, crushed rocks, pen ink, and incense. The wine starts off showy and flamboyant, then seems to shut down in the mouth revealing high tannin as well as a structured, intense style...
93 -94 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, June 2005
Medium ruby. Knockout pungent aromas of black olive tapenade, Tellicherry pepper, crushed rocks and iron; like a blend of Cornas and Cote-Rotie. The flavors of liquid rocks and black pepper are framed by integrated acidity and mount impressivel y toward the back. A wine of building power, not at all sweet and quite dominated today by its tannic spine. From a north-facing hillside rich in rocky orange clay.
92 points,
Wine Spectator, July 2005
...dense, distinctive wine, with exotic hints of lavender, wild berry, black cherry and rhubarb. Finishes with mouthcoating tannins that grab hold and hang on...
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