2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Dangerous Birds, USA, California, Wine Review

The wines of SQN are so good, it can be hard to wait on them so it was a real treat to find this in my cellar. At age 17, it is still youthful but showing development. It is outstanding. It is 93% Syrah, 4.5% Grenache and 2.5% Viognier. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, black pepper, roasted meats and dried herbs, and spice. Full bodied. Medium tannins. Great energy. On the palate, this is complex and deep. Flavors of black raspberries with black pepper and a nice earthiness. Great texture. Long finish. Delicious. This is great on its own and will work with most meats or fowl. Also roasted veggies. Drink over the next ten to fifteen years.

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A+

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2007

Current Price:

$755.00USD

America’s Best Rhone Style Red Wines: 11th Annual Rhone Rangers Tasting Reviewed

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. Last month we discussed the white Rhone style wines offered at the 2008 Rhone Rangers tasting event at Fort Mason in San Francisco on March 18. This month we turn to the reds, of which we tasted 50. Among those we tasted were some old favorites and some wineries or bottlings with which we were not yet familiar. We don’t pretend that we tasted a representative group of wines, because our sample was skewed to wines we have loved in the past and others about which we have heard positive comments.

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2008 Hospice du Rhone Events: Highs & Lows of American Rhone-style Wines Tasted

The Rhone Report: About Rhone and Rhone-Style Wines and Winemakers is part of an ongoing series. The 16th annual Hospice du Rhone events in Paso Robles, California from May 1 to 3, 2008 was an opportunity to consider Rhone-style wines from a fresh perspective. Unlike most tasting opportunities, these events included Rhone-style wines from the Rhone Valley itself (51 wineries), elsewhere in France (4 wineries) as well as from Spain (4 wineries), Australia (17 wineries), South Africa (6 wineries), Chile (2 wineries), Argentina (1 winery) and the United States. The American wines were mostly from California (144 wineries), but a few examples from Arizona (2 wineries) and Washington State (5 wineries) were also included. While this is a California-dominated event, and while many of the Rhone Valley’s best producers aren’t represented, there is still sufficient European and other entries to make for interesting comparisons and contrasts. The events included two general tastings and a series of focused seminars.

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Top Ten California Syrahs - 2016

I tend to taste and drink a lot of wine over the course of a year. I am in a few tasting groups, sometimes the wines are consumed at various local wine store tastings and a number drunk with friends and family.

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2012 Sine Qua Non Syrah Stock, USA, California, Ventura, Wine Review

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2012

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Current Price:

$218.00USD

Another delicious wine from SQN. It is a blend of 84% Syrah, 7% Grenache, 6% Petite Sirah, 1% Mourvèdre and 2% Viognier. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has black raspberries, roasted meats, slight black olives and spice. Full bodied. Serious, fruit forward and intense wine. On the palate, there are some tannins left. Lots of black raspberry fruit over an earthy, meaty base. Juicy acidity. 15.5% ABV but no heat. Long finish. In short, everything you could expect from this winery. It is still young and should evolve over the next decade and drink well for ten mo

2018 Sine Qua Non Syrah Ziehharmonika, USA, California, Syrah, Wine Review

Vintage:

2018

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A+

Current Price:

$225.00USD

Checking in on a young wine can be fun even if way before peak. This was consumed and enjoyed over two evenings. This is a blend of 82% Syrah, 6.7% Mourvèdre, and the rest Petite Sirah and Grenache. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is great with black raspberries, blueberries, dark chocolate, gravel, black pepper and roasted meats. Full bodied. Medium tannins. Juicy acidity. On the palate, this is delicious. Deep but almost monolithic at the point. Like a wall of flavor. Black raspberries, blueberries, char, lavender and spice. Long finish. At this stage it wil

2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Dangerous Birds, USA, California, Wine Review

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