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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96 pts. and median of 97 pts. in 25 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by A&C on 12/9/2023 & rated 90 points: This did not pack the punch I expected. It might be in a closed-down phase of its evolution. The best I can say at this point is wait and see if things change. At this point, it is a bit flat without a lot of complexity. (791 views) | | | Tasted by Rosengoo on 5/29/2023 & rated 90 points: This clear and deep purple in colour wine was drank at home with the Coravin. Tons of ripe cherries on the nose mixed with Black pepper. In the glass were those same cherries mixed with ground spices and pepper. There was also a noticeable amount of oak flavours. The tannins were at a mid level while the acidity was quite strong. You may want to filter this wine due to the amount of sediment. (1192 views) | | | Tasted by A&C on 3/11/2023 & rated 91 points: This was not one of the best that I've come to expect from this producer. It was nice, but had some strange vegetable green notes, which distracted from the rest of the fruit. Maybe it was too young, but it was a bit funky. Neverthless, it was fun to serve at my wife's birthday party in the wine room at the Edison House followed by karaoke upstairs. (1254 views) | | | Tasted by Rosengoo on 8/6/2022 & rated 91 points: Drank after 45 minutes of decanting. This wine was clear and very dark inky purple in colour. The nose was of black currant. When first tasting right out of the bottle, there was a sour aftertaste to the wine. This completely went away after 45 minutes of decanting so I would suggest at least an hour or two at a minimum to enjoy this wine to it's fullest.
Flavours of black currant nixed with some white pepper notes. Strong tannins and acidity and this was a slightly hot wine as expected when it has 15.8% alcohol. (1890 views) | | | Tasted by CLo on 1/17/2022: Lost somewhere in transit (2535 views) | | | Tasted by bigbass250 on 12/25/2021: Been dying to try this but waiting for a special occasion, I'm thinking Christmas dinner is a good choice. (1937 views) | | | Tasted by Cadby on 8/9/2021 & rated 99 points: 2013 Sine Qua Non, 2013 Next of Kyn Syrah No~7 Cumulus Vineyard
Complexity incarnate. Worthy of the legend. Epic juice.
+++++ $340 K&L (2409 views) | | | Tasted by Matt Scott on 5/6/2021 & rated 99 points: Up there - close - with the harrowing ‘16 and ‘17, this goddess exudes verve, body and elegance. Blackberry pie, plum sauce, garrigue, river rock and spicy tobacco. Sumptuous, and vibrant, with all the needed tension ... Layers and body. So long and flowing, with distinction and ultimately fine frame. The middle palate, along with the back show grip, and staying power. A classic and the best vineyard from Oak View, the ‘13, #7 is a legend. Drink now - 2036. (2981 views) | | | Tasted by MayValley on 6/20/2020 & rated 95 points: Aromatically very 'classic' SQN nose - well integrated toasted oak aromas, meat, toasted spices.
In the mouth very dark fruit, surprisingly 'cool' with no sweetness on the palate. Roasted meat, black olive tapanade, black fruit, lots of spices. Actually rather a lot of acidity and fine-grained tannins.
Somehow like a Cornas on steroids;)
This is now the second NOK that i taste, and they do seem to be stylistically somewhat different from the 'normal' SQN range, being more backwards, with less sweetness and very dark-fruited profile.
Should be interesting to see how it evolves. (2923 views) | | | Tasted by canan on 6/19/2020 & rated 97 points: BYO (MichaelsPlace): Huge wine. Complex and juicy without being overdone or sweet in any way. Wild wine! (1062 views) | | | Tasted by bablues on 4/24/2020 & rated 99 points: Drank sitting over a fire on a cool night and this was just about perfect. The fruit is so pure and delicious. The flavors continue to evelove in the glass. Cinnamon, nutmeg and other baking spices show up and just intice you to keep on tasting. NoK are just an amazing set of wines and every vintage I drink becomes the WOTY for me. (2354 views) | | | Tasted by Thralow on 3/20/2020 & rated 95 points: Young, bright, I drank 1/3 of the bottle, alone, watching the first season of YOU on Netflix and social distancing. Like YOU, this wine is seductive and addictive (I did want to binge it all in one night - but wisdom prevailed). The vintage and show have tremendous potential. Yet, right now, the brightest note is overpowering.
So, for a wine of this price and pedigree, I kind of looked at it like a trust fund frat boy that is still finding himself but will buckle down and amount to something in about seven years and hit stride in twelve. That's a long time to wait, huh?
Other deeper flavors (characters?) need to step up. It needs to age, so the depth buried in there will appear.
I set the rest on the counter until later today. Compared to cellaring and frat boys (I've met), leaving the wine out in the air is kind of like forcing the kid to go off to war to speed up maturity. It might work, but it 's also dangerous. (2413 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 12/4/2019 & rated 98 points: Absolutely stunning, this standout combines intensity massive concentration and power with elegance on the palate. There is freshness to the layers of silky dark red fruits you can taste and feel. The finish keeps on going! The wine is a blend of 45% Syrah, 29% Grenache, 15% Petite Sirah, 5% Mourvedre, 4.5% Touriga Nacional and 1.5% Roussanne. (4660 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 9/3/2019 & rated 98 points: Opened, and compared to the Third Twin it had deeper fruit , great black fruits huge wine with multiple complex layers of flavor. (2709 views) | | | Tasted by andrewdodd86 on 8/26/2019 & rated 99 points: Kiawah Trip 2019; 8/24/2019-9/4/2019 (Kiawah Island): Holy hell thats good. Darker fruit profile. Less earth. Touch more tannic grip where it gets you in the cheeks, but not high tannin. Love it. Even better than the third twin (1937 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 8/26/2019 & rated 98 points: Drank at the beach. Killer nose of dark savory fruits. Crisp black cherry, fresh blackberries, touch of vanilla, (2074 views) | | | Tasted by Winedog1 on 6/15/2019 & rated 98 points: Decadent. So concentrated. Raspberry liqueur. Quick hint of vanilla on the finish. Velvety. Beautiful, powerful wine. Competitive with Rayas and Sine Qua Non, other recent top wines tasted. This is a must drink. Find it if not on the mailing list. (1975 views) | | | Tasted by Winedog1 on 4/19/2019 & rated 98 points: After 24 hours, this was nearly perfect. Syrup. So powerful. (1846 views) | | | Tasted by csimm on 8/4/2018 & rated 94 points: Sine Qua Non (SQN) Magnum Extravaganza + Bevan, Mike Smith, Sparkling/Champagne, and others (Calistoga): From magnum. Tight, tannic, and hyper-linear for most of the evening. Decanted for 5-6 hours with little signs of letting go of its firm grip. Some notes of boozy black cherry, unripe raspberry, vanilla glycol, and a bitter floral note on the finish. It’s got a laser focus and the scaffolding to go the distance, but it’s going to need a double-handful of years to work everything out and stop being such a stubborn monkey. Hold until after 2022/2023+.
This was night and day when compared to the unbelievably gorgeous 2014 Next of Kyn No.8. Both are monsters, but the 2014 offered up awesome flavor and complexity after an evening’s worth of decanted air. (4933 views) | | | Tasted by slywka7 on 8/27/2017 & rated 96 points: Shafer and Scarecrow at South End in New Canaan (South End New Canaan): This was decanted beforehand as well but not sure how long. Stark contrast to the previous wines obviously. Aromas of mulberry, raspberry, spice, lavender, and herb. Flavors of mulberry, plum, iron, cherry and game. Ends with a 40-45 second finish. First time having Next of Kin and maybe this was too young but definitely a different wine from SQN. The SQN wines are distinctive and have their own unique personality. This, while certainly a good wine, was a Syrah. Nevertheless, an interesting wine for sure. (4494 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 7/27/2017: (Mostly) Cali Cab Dinner (RPM Steak - Chicago IL): Way too early to enjoy/ appreciate, this came across as somewhat too ripe and top heavy, even with its great concentration and dry extract. So much potential here, 94-96 points, but patience required. (4220 views) |
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Vinous, Santa Barbara: Better Than Ever (Sep 2017) (9/1/2017)
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JebDunnuck.com, Santa Barbara County: The Classic 2014s and Variable 2015s (8/2/2017)
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Vinous, Next of Kyn – The First Seven Years: 2007-2013 (Aug 2017) (8/1/2017)
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Vinous, Santa Barbara: On the Road, Continued... (Sep 2016) (9/1/2016)
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| Next of KynSee Ken Vastola's cool page on these wines - Read more about Next of Kyn and Sine Qua Non
First the news: A new baby is born. A wine baby that is.
It is called
nextof kyn
The name is in reference to the fact that it is the next closest relative to SINE QUA NON, yet it is separate and different, and with its own personality, character and style.
Implied is also a dose of hopefulness, of wishful thinking, that one of our five kids will someday take it over as his or her own.
As you likely know, the fruit for the wines made under the SINE QUA NON banner comes from various vineyard sources. At this point most of it from our own Estate vineyard in the cool Santa Rita Hills called Eleven Confessions, plus we still have a couple of long time non-Estate vineyards under contract, such as the equally cool Bien Nacido vineyard and the somewhat warmer, but just as terrific White Hawk vineyard.
In 2004 we decided to plant a small six acre vineyard at our "home ranch" in Oak View. It is the plot of dirt where we also live. I am sure it does not come as a huge surprise when I tell you that what we planted there is Syrah, Grenache and a tiny bit of Roussanne. We just continue to have a deep fondness for these Rhone varieties. Both the soil and the climate - the "terroir" if you prefer - are rather different here at the CUMULUS home vineyard than at Eleven Confessions or any of the other vineyard sites we work with. The climate is decidedly warmer and the soil, although with plenty of clay-loam, has significant amounts of limestone, which we do not have at any of the other sites. Our vine spacing here is even tighter than at Eleven Confessions - 5 ½ ft. X 2 ft. - resulting in a whopping 3,960 vines per acre or 9,785 vines per hectare...for you Francophiles. Not that this ultimately means a heck of a lot. Great wines have been made the world over from vineyards spaced in countless different configurations. But I thought I'll throw it out there anyway, since it does make farming much more difficult. Maybe I am just shamelessly groping for a friendly nod, and acknowledgement of the effort, with that info.
We picked a little bit of fruit in 2006 - that's called "third leaf" in grower jargon - just to see what we have here, but our first "real" harvest was 2007.
We immediately recognized that this fruit had very much its own distinct identity.
As the wines matured in the cellar we became more and more convinced that at least some portions of it should be kept separate from everything else that was comfortably resting in the old Garage d'Or.
And that's what we did. We kept a few barrels to themselves, mostly used ~ 2 year old barriques ~ so as to set a base line and be able to more purely evaluate the fruit and the wine itself.
The wine evolved rather slowly, but we loved what we tasted...more and more so the older it got. And at some point we concluded that this wine ~ and perhaps this "home vineyard" CUMULUS ~ should really have its very own, distinct and unique identity.
And so an entirely new label, an entirely new brand was born. Yes, undoubtedly there is a real family resemblance to SINE QUA NON, but the wine stands alone...and will likely even more so in the future. And so that new brand, that new "baby" as I referred to it above is called: nextof kynSyrah BlendThe 2018 is 40% Merlot and 60% Syrah.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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