Pax Syrah "Cuvee Keltie" North Coast 2003

Opaque purple.

Extremely deep nose of menthol, black licorice, cumin, sausage and black olive jam.

Sweet and tangy simultaneously - with broad flavor impact competing with forceful, edgy stem tannin. Great concentration.
This would be a great ringer in a blind '03 Northern Rhone tasting. I'm glad I have more of this.

100% stem inclusion (I think), from several vineyards, finished in older oak (I think).
14.8% alcohol - one of the lowest of the Pax '03s.


$70