I was disappointed with a bottle of the 2010 Sonoma Coast about a month ago, but opened a 2009 tonight and it’s great. Debating whether to get a few SVD or just load up on the Sonoma Coast…
It was my fourth bottle, and the first that struck me as less than excellent. This is what I wrote on CT:
“My fourth bottle, first in a year. This one seemed a bit tired, not at all full of the energy of earlier bottles. The fruit has faded a bit, and now it seems too tart. A disappointing bottle of what has been a stellar wine.”
I’ve been a Pax fan for the past 10 yrs. I’ve never felt that I’ve opened any bottle that he made that wasn’t of the highest quality. Granted, he’s put out a variety of styles and not for all palates, but for me, he’s never put out anything of an inferior quality (forgive a occasional off bottle). I’m happy to keep buying and enjoying!!
Inundated with wine offers to the point where I can’t even begin to tackle another. Those of you ITB: you might start thinking of moving your offers up to where buyers don’t have Offer Fatigue. Early birds got my worm…
I assured my wife that the Fall purchasing had ended and about ten minutes later the Wind Gap offer came out. I’m a big fan of Pax’s projects and am crossing my fingers that these Syrahs, particularly the SC, will remain available until I can justify another spree. Ironically, my final purchase of the year was from Donelan, formerly Pax. So much great Syrah coming from those parts!
Its seems like in the past fall offers came in Sept and Oct but since then it became a cold war of people moving their offers earlier and earlier in order to grab earlier attention.
I haven’t followed the prices much over time, so I wouldn’t be able to speak to creep, but fwiw I bristled at the general prices and figured I too would look for some at retail.