David Niederauer 
Los Gatos, CA
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 30914
 | | 09-21-2003 08:21 PM |
| At least I have heard of this one. Tasted once at a commercial tasting. I don't remember how it was but I know I didn't buy anything then. Pax Wine Cellars Fall 2003 Offering 2002 Syrah, Castelli-Knight Ranch, Russian River $135/3-pak 2002 Syrah, Walker Vine Hill, RR $150/3-pak 2002 Syrah, Alder Springs, Mendocino $165/3-pak 2002 Syrah, Alder Springs "The Terraces" $225/3-pak Pax Wines .com | | |
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TCK
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1279
| | 09-29-2003 12:02 AM |
| Parker Loves these wines. The wine maiker is the guy from Copaine (name eludes me now).
I bought the Laughterbach and Castelli Knight, 94 and 92 Pointers. We will see. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 197
| | 09-29-2003 02:55 PM |
| Quote:
The wine maiker is the guy from Copaine (name eludes me now).
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Wells Guthrie is the winemaker. He's got a pretty broad range of experience w/ Rhone varietals, from Turley to Chapoutier to Chave.
Great guy and worth trying some of his syrahs, particularly the one from Washington.
Cheers,
AJ | | | |
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Budman
Philly Suburbs
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 23688
| | 09-29-2003 03:15 PM |
| AJ..
Welcome to VC. Please post often!!! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 197
| | 09-29-2003 06:31 PM |
| Thanks! Hey, I just DOUBLED my total number of posts. Nice.  Cheers, AJ | | | |
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Chicago Wine Geek
Chicago Western Suburbs
Wine Steward
Posts: 7094
| | 09-29-2003 07:18 PM |
| I had some of their wine in Phoenix a few weeks ago. The wine store guy said the winemaker used to be the chef at The Phoenician's 5 star restaurant. Great stuff. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13773
| | 09-29-2003 08:03 PM |
| AJSoh-- Now, repeat that feat a couple more times. C'mon, you can do it! If you're real nice, I'll sell you my auto-posting software! | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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S Frye
Grape Puncher
Posts: 787
| | 09-30-2003 03:17 AM |
| CWG - The ex-chef from Mary Elaine's is the winemaker?? I must have missed something somewhere, because he's cooking in NYC from what I remember. Pax Mahle is behind the wines with (I believe) Wells making it, and IIRC I dont think either had anything to do with Mary Elaine's.  | | | |
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Anwar Atalla
Grape Sorter
Posts: 326
| | 10-01-2003 02:28 AM |
| Actually Pax Mahle is the winemaker. He uses Wells Guthrie (Copain) as a consultant. I have been following this wine since the innaugural release in 2000, and it only continues to get better each year. During a trip to Napa this fall I met with Pax and barrel tasted the wines, and they are going to be great! I believe there are going to be 10 wines in 2002 and believe it or not each is unique. | | | |
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stemor
Collierville, TN
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5571
| | 10-01-2003 02:31 AM |
| Welcome aboard, Anwar, and Pax be with you. So, what brings you to this neck of the virtual woods? | | | Cheers, y'all | |
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Joseph Bembry
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9436
| | 10-01-2003 02:31 AM |
| Welcome to Vinocellar, Anwar.
I had a '01 Pax Alder (not sure which one) over the summer. It was very good. IIRC, 89 pts.
jb | | | |
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Anwar Atalla
Grape Sorter
Posts: 326
| | 10-01-2003 02:40 AM |
| Thanks for the welcome! Actually a thread about Bressler on erobertparker had a link to the site, so of course I had to see what was going on. | | | |
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