Obsidian Vineyard Syrah

Pulled this from the cellar to pair with ribeye. Nice match, but not nearly as tannic as I expected.

Way more balanced and graceful than I expected. Big wine, no doubt, but still elegant with lifted white floral and crushed blueberry notes.

Big and purple-y. Mineral driven with black and blue fruit, black pepper and hints of umami.

Rocks on! Uberiffic minerality, purple/black fruit, beastly finish

After being open for a couple days this is showing great.

Huge

Too rich and too delicious

Tasty, smooth, purple syrah. I like Pax and Saxum a lot.

Reached pretty far back in the cellar for this one. Pax Mahl was making some terrific wines out of his eponymous winery (Obsidian and Griffin’s Lair were my favorites), until some sort of flare-up between him and Joe Donelan eventually resulted in them splitting the vineyard accesses between them and shutting down the winery. After 15 years, this wine is still going strong. Great example of a cooler climate north coast syrah.

Powerful nose on this original Pax wine. Black olive and black cherry punch you in the face. Rich peppery finish , melds with medium acidity. I actually preferred these younger, but they’ve become sublime in their later life. Just ridiculous