Pax Wines

$35.00750ml

What's the best wine with barbecue? If you said a snappy, juicy Charbono, you're either very old or very cool. Perhaps both.

Go for slices of pull-apart brisket,

grilled burgers

and smoky sausages.

Eyes:

Garnet

Nose:

Medium-High Intensity, youthful, black fruits, floral, red fruits

Mouth:

Light-Medium Bodied, dry, medium-high acidity, average tannin, moderate-high intensity, medium finish, plum, blueberry, mineral

In Argentina, it's Bonarda and in the Savoie, Douce Noir. Some say it first showed up in the US in the 1940's and others swear it to have come across the Atlantic in the late 19th century, but the sad truth is that there's only about 90 acres of Charbono left in California. Pax Mahle, the Syrah superstar, has what may be the perfect one: whole cluster fermentation, partial carbonic, 5 months in 500L puncheons.