John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

So good! Nailed it this vintage. — 2 months ago

Renato Hoyle

9.0

Round. Smoooth. Like a Napa Cab — 3 months ago

John Willison

9.0

Light red fruit, a bit earthy. A bit Burgundian. — 3 months ago

Brandon Thiessen

9.5

Now that’s fine! Caught it just right, any longer and it would be falling off, but this is in a really nice spot. Gorgeous wine. Prune, tobacco, tar, roasted game, eucalyptus. — 6 months ago

Eric K

9.5

Nice dry Pinot with hints of berry — 7 months ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.4

13.8% ABV Raspberry, red fruit — 9 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Exotic and fun. — 5 years ago

Russell Lacy

9.1

Loved it for a big huge bold wine on. Winter day. — 3 months ago

Ana Bumgardner

9.1

Narcoosee’s FL - 2022 — 3 months ago

Emily Wang

9.1

Nose like a Pinot, mouth feel and ripe fruit almost like a Merlot. — 4 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Steak wine. 96 is ready to go. Great Napa Cab. Graphite, barnyard, dried sage and blackberry. — 7 months ago

seph

8.9

Really like this, musky, tropical fruit notes in the very strong finish. One of my faves from our finger lakes wine trip! — 7 months ago

casey Burnett

9.5

Gift from Matt. I really like this. Each time I have it. — a year ago

Min Liu

9.4

My favorite Syrah. Vanilla, baked red fruit, baking spices, and soft finish. Simply the best! — 6 years ago

John Willison

9.2

Strawberry, raspberry, brioche. — 3 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.2

Needs to integrate but great. — 3 months ago

John Willison

9.1

Burgundian. Aged in Austrian oak. — 3 months ago

Vanessa

9.3

Hello, California Syrah!!

From everything we’ve read, the Alder Springs Vineyard sounds like a truly majestic place.

It’s isolated in an undeveloped part of northern Mendocino County, situated in California’s North Coast region, where the steep and rugged terrain meet sweeping views of the ocean, bordered by rivers, redwoods, and snowcapped mountains… elevation stretches up to 1,800 feet above sea level.

It’s no wonder so many acclaimed producers, like Pax Mahle, source their fruit from here, where vines are sustainably farmed and cared for by Stuart Bewley. We were fortunate to visit Pax in Sebastopol in 2022, where we picked up this 2011 Cahto Ridge Alder Springs Vineyard Syrah. We’ve been waiting patiently to taste it. And here we are.

100% Syrah. Whole cluster fermented. Aged 12 months in neutral French oak barrels.

This wine is deep ruby trending towards garnet. The aromas are concentrated with ripe boysenberry, black cherry, blackcurrant, next to violet, black peppercorn, licorice, cured meat, peat moss, smoke, clove, leather and olive notes. On the palate, it is dry with medium (+) acidity, a medium (+) body, high alcohol (14.6% ABV), medium (+) fine-grained tannins, and a long, elegant finish.

It’s both elegant and wild all at the same time and we love it.

Cheers! — 5 months ago

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Andrew Formi

9.2

2017 sat for 3 hrs and thank goodness!! — 7 months ago

Paco Suro

9.2

Wow. Surprising. Restrained. In the zone now. — 4 years ago