Tara Rudo

9.1

Yummy from paradox — 2 years ago

Tara Rudo

9.0

Great from paradox — 3 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.7

Shockingly powerful and electric. This starts with the youthful, bright purple appearance of a young, gently extracted syrah. The nose is a riotous, almost comedic mix aromas that are also echoed as flavors on the palate: grape cola, cocoa, blueberry, purple plum, cough syrup and black raspberry, all making their appearance as if on a stage. There are also inscrutable notes of playdough, light roast coffee, marzipan, cigar, tar, black currant leaf and green plum. Texturally this is a paradox, both dense and light, chalky and humming with energy. The sensory explosion carries for some time trailing off into prickly, silky tannins on the finish. Though it stains your mouth, you never notice such is the brilliant lightness of the wine. Perfect wine in the making. — 4 years ago

Tara Rudo

9.0

Yum! Totally reminds me of my trip to Tuscany. Paradox wines? — 6 years ago

Ron from VA

9.0

From Wegs at 21$, this represents a fab q2p ratio. Very classic is form & function. Varietally correct yet not so elegant. Yes, This paradox is possibly — 6 years ago

Ron from VA

9.0

Wow... A paradox: six years old and it taste fresh yet with the refinement of age. Nice for the minimal investment… Wife wants more like it :) bright red fruits and a little floral sweetness. Nice structure and balance. — 7 years ago

Michael Butterworth

9.5

Wild. Complex. Aromatic. Alive. Quaffable. This wine tasted like a paradox, a paradox I immediately want to open another bottle of. — 9 years ago

Tara Rudo

9.0

Great wine from paradox — 3 years ago

Tara Rudo

9.0

Delicious from paradox — 3 years ago

Brett Graham

9.5

A precocious melange of serendipitous paradox. This fruity tomb births a scent not smelled since the pharaohs, and a taste that hits the palette like a woman’s breasts gently brushing your face at the local bordelaise. — 4 years ago

with Steven and Gordon

"Odedi"

9.2

The Vice Wines American Paradox Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, California

Time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here is a delicious one from Napa Valley.

Dark ruby in color, almost Inky, with a bright red rim.

Fruity nose of blackberries, blueberries, cedar, sweet cherries, dried figs, vanilla, licorice, tobacco, spices, light earth, pencil lead and black pepper.

Full bodied, bold and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cooked cherries, earth, cedar, leather, chocolates, tobacco, licorice, peppercorn, vanilla, cola, spices and espresso.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a very tasty wine from Napa Valley. Fruit forward, rich and extracted.

This 4 year old is starting to drink nicely now. A good quality wine that will age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and elegant, with a nice mouthfeel. Already showing nice complexity. Showing nice potential to get to a 94+ point wine.

Good right out of the bottle, and gets more complex as it opens up. I gave it 3 hours in a decanter.

Good by itself or with food. A good sipping wine that I paired with meats and cheeses.

15% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$95. — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

At the Annual Yalumba tasting at the Downs Club. A quick note - minty for a Shiraz Fairly Oaky with Oak Tannins showing through and Espresso on the nose. A good wine with great potential but for value I prefer the Paradox at about a third of the price. Have bought Octavius since inception when as Wine Committee Chairman the Downs Club hosted Yalumba CEO Robert Hill-Smith (still the boss) for the launch of the inaugural Octavius which strangely was a Cabernet to begin with (1987) and a Shiraz ever since. Still have my last 2002 in the cellar at home. — 7 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.0

A white that refreshes and leaves you with the ability to breathe fire. Dry with a sweet finish. A paradox of brilliant textures and complexities. Gorgeous. — 9 years ago

Emily Hackner

9.0

Love this wine. French Paradox — 3 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

I’m not across the different sub districts of the Barossa to be fully aware of the different micro climates but this Yalumba wine from the Northern Barossa was sufficiently different with aromas of liquorice blue fruits and tar. Spice black pepper and Soft tannins. Mouthfilling and delicious. Had my last bottle 119 weeks later on 20th March 2025 with consistent notes. Earthy with black fruits. Very good - 94 points. — 4 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

The beauty is in the nuances. Framed as you’d expect in classic Langhe - bright red cherry and leather and serious grip.

Spend a little more time, a few more brain cells, you get rewarded.

Rose petal, graham cracker, textural paradox of velvet and big tannin. — 5 years ago

Tara Rudo

9.1

Delicious! From paradox wines — 6 years ago

Felicia Balli

10

What Jay McInerney calls the paradox of Sta. Rita Hill’s Chardonnay: lean and fleshy! Lemon cream, key lime, and candied ginger. Cool climate acidity masterfully balanced by gentle oak spice. — 6 years ago

Welby Altidor

9.7

Wonder and delight! A marvel of paradox, soft and crisp, dark and luminous. — 9 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

Zaca Mesa was the third winery in Santa Barbara County, and the first to plant Syrah (in 1978). This presents the beautiful paradox of massive extraction in a bone dry wine. Granted, there's some resemblance to something like Coke Zero, with all the sweetness on the front end. That said, this strikes the right balance to display what Santa Ynez Syrah is all about. Sage, worcestershire sauce, baking chocolate, underripe bramble, leather, and underbrush. — 9 years ago