Paxton Vineyards Graciano 2018
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Deep purple hue. Lifted spice and herbal notes, mulberries and lavender with a delicate touch of white pepper and wild rocket. Light bodied style with raspberry, mulberries and cinnamon spice. Bright red fruit, with a juicy mouth watering palate, balanced French oak, crunchy tannins and a silky finish.
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Dark ruby color and a spicy nose; fleshy and luscious with flavorful notes of chocolate and spice leading to a long finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Paxton Graciano offers plenty of fruit from start to finish. TASTING NOTES: This wine comes to the table with a load of delicious black fruits on the palate. Enjoy this with BBQ baby back ribs and a sweet/hot-spiced sauce on the side. (Tasted: June 18, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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Paxton is a family-owned wine company in McLaren Vale, Australia, and a leader in both organic and biodynamic viticulture and winemaking. Established in 1979, Paxton was founded by David Paxton who has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most highly respected viticulturalists by managing and growing wine grapes of exceptional quality for over 30 years. Today, under the direction and guidance of consultant winemaker Kate Goodman and winemaker Ashleigh Seymour, Paxton produces an approachable collection of estate grown wines that showcase McLaren Vale's exceptional fruit quality, natural diversity, and varietal expression.
Paxton was one of the first pioneers of biodynamic farming in Australia, and today all Paxton's vineyards are 100% Paxton owned and managed. The wines are crafted with organic grapes, certified biodynamic, and vegan friendly. In the winery, minimal winemaking intervention ensures the integrity of the fruit from vineyard to bottle. Paxton's core biodynamic belief is founded in soil health. The vines are cared for without the use of synthetic fertilizers nor pesticides, with a focus on promoting healthy, living soils using natural compost preparations. Through this process they can give back to the environment and nurture it for future generations. Paxton's philosophy is that when vines live in truly healthy, chemical free soils, in ecologically sound environments, they will produce the best quality grapes, and therefore the highest quality wines.
Graciano has been best known as a blending grape used in Rioja to add color, depth and perfume to Tempranillo. It also thrives in the nearby region of Navarra and a few dedicated winemakers in California and Australia are making singe varietal bottlings certainly worthy of checking out! Graciano’s black fruit and lush tannins make it a perfect pairing to grilled or smoked red meat, as well as game.
Known for opulent red wines with intense power and concentration, McLaren Vale is home to perhaps the most “classic” style of Australian Shiraz. Vinified on its own or in Rhône Blends, these hot-climate wines are deeply colored and high in extract with signature hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon is also produced in a similar style.
Whites, often made from Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc tend to be opulent and full of tropical, stone and citrus fruit.