2021PaxWinesSonomaHillsidesSyrah

Sans Pax Wines is the venture of husband and wife Pax and Pamela Mahle,who craft a range of “Rhone-influenced” Syrah from a selection of vineyardson the cooler, coastal areas of Sonoma. An ex-sommelier, Mahle swapped “the bowtie for some dirty boots” – in his own words – focusing on elegant and aromatic Rhone varieties strongly influenced by the time he spent visiting cellars in France; Raymond Trollat and Pierre Gonon are amongst his strongest reference points. All his Syrah are single varietal, 100% whole cluster and foot-crushed with no commercial yeast employed. The resultingwines aremarked by a distinctive freshness, “much finesse” and “much purity“, as noted by Antonio Galloni.