Syrah 'Nellesen Vyd', Pax

Score

95

"It™s not easy making Syrah that transcends the palate and the soul. Since its founding, the Pax winery has been focused on crafting complex expressions of this variety, and it™s successfully achieved a kind of quality rarely seen in the U.S. This wine will send you. Sourced from the Nellessen Vineyard on California™s Sonoma Coast, this wine offers layered aromas of juicy berries, spiced orange peels, and earth. The palate has a great freshness and an even balance to it."

Score

95

"The 2022 Syrah Nellessen Vineyard is aromatic, light on its feet and super expressive. Vibrant red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint, cinnamon and pomegranate are all seamless in the glass. The 2022 is showing even better today than it did when I first tasted it two years ago."

Score

94

"The 2022 Syrah Nellessen Vineyard incorporates Viognier (4%) and was fermented in large concrete vats. Matured for 10 months in used, 500-liter French oak puncheons, it has inviting scents of blueberry liqueur, lilac, cast iron, black olives and pepper. The medium-bodied palate offers generous, perfumed fruit and restrained ripeness. It™s structured by bright acidity and powdery tannins and has a long, detailed finish."

Score

93

"A magenta/purple color, the 2022 Syrah Nellessen VIneyard offers up notes of black raspberries, pretty flowers, and wet stones. Medium-bodied, it™s bright on the palate, with a leaner feel, and while it has a refreshing style, I would prefer to drink this over the next few years to keep its snappy, crisp feel."