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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by MC2 Wines on 9/2/2023: I have struggled a bit on more recent SQNs which are slutty and can be fun but more often feel just a bit too much to me. These older ones though are really something and this was a special treat. Drank next to an '02 Grenache. Both great (I am probably moderatly more partial to the Grenache but this was lovely too). Still has lots of fruit but there is a balance to it that I quite like. Interesting wine with so many different layers. Very enjoyable. Even at the end of the night can still bring it back because it wants to stick with you a bit. (575 views) | | | Tasted by mattiasjansson on 5/14/2019 & rated 96 points: Acker SQN Dinner (NoMad Rooftop): Beautiful. Has held up much better than the bottle of The Other Hand we had the same night. (1182 views) | | | Tasted by G_H on 6/8/2012 & rated 90 points: Sine Qua Non vertical (Carlton Restaurant, Zurich): Some heat on the nose, a tad of sweet corn, which usually puts me off, but was OK here. Very floral rather light and a tad medicinal, not bad though but with the competition it was though.
this was clearly a different animal as a GSM blend but I like the majority Grenache and majority Syrah offerings better (4296 views) | | | Tasted by dbg on 12/17/1997: superb (3504 views) |
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Ken Vastola's cool Sine Qua Non pages.
An Interview of Manfred Krankl - PodcastRed Rhone Blend Read about the different grapes used to produce red and white Rhone wines
On CellarTracker, Red Rhone Blend is the term for a wine consisting of two or more of the traditional 13 Southern Rhone grape varieties. Typically it's the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre or Cinsault grapes, but can also contain the Muscardin, Counoise, Clairette, Bourboulenc, Picpoul, Roussanne, Terret Noir, Picardan or Vaccarese grapes.
A 'food' wine. Lacking pretension and intended for local consumption with local cuisine. Lacks the 'high' notes on a Bordeaux, more earthy and sharper so often a better partner to meat dishes with a sauce. USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
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