Sine Qua Non vertical

Carlton Restaurant, Zurich
Tasted Friday, June 8, 2012 by G_H with 1,087 views

Introduction

While the Syrahs performed beautifully as expected, I really also liked the Grenache based wines nearly as much. The sweet wines unfortunately fell short of the expectations.

Flight 1 - The whites (including the legendary first Krankl white wine) (2 Notes)

Flight 2 - Krankl's Grenache through time (4 Notes)

Flight 3 - The early Syrahs - The rise to fame (4 Notes)

  • 1995 Sine Qua Non Red Handed 90 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    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

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  • 1995 Sine Qua Non The Other Hand 92 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    A bit stinky in the beginning but opened up later. Leather, Rumtopf, some honey, nice length

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  • 1996 Sine Qua Non Against the Wall 94 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    Caramel, nice sweetness, really tons of the sticky caramel toffee that I used to eat at fairs... This fell apart after 20 minutes in the glass though, what a pity, but when it was at it's best clearly a 94 points wine

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  • 1997 Sine Qua Non Impostor McCoy 96 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    What a beauty, dense, licorice (the raw material) and licorice (the end product), apple pie, layers of layers of fruit-licorice-fruit. Really nmice

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Flight 4 - The Syrahs 1998-2001 - Becoming legandary (4 Notes)

Flight 5 - The Syrahs 2002-2005 - Becoming legendary-er (4 Notes)

Flight 6 - The Syrahs 2006-2009 - Moving to estate grown fruit (4 Notes)

  • 2006 Sine Qua Non Syrah Raven Series 94 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    Curry leaves, nice fruit, well integrated alcohol with nice length and good power. This has a nice life ahead of it!

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  • 2007 Sine Qua Non Syrah Labels 92 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    While it had all the nice SQN ingredients, Curry leaves, nice fruit, well integrated alcohol with nice length and good power I do think this was too young, good fun to drink now though...

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  • 2008 Sine Qua Non Syrah B 20 93 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    Same here as the wine before and the wine thereafter, while it had all the nice SQN ingredients, Curry leaves, nice fruit, well integrated alcohol with nice length and good power I do think this was too young. It had a nice balance and some notes of black tea that set it a bit apart of the labels but other than that it was very similar

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  • 2009 Sine Qua Non Syrah The Thrill of... 93 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast

    Very funny that this is so much more similar to the 'Upside down' than to the other young Syrahs that we had. Sweet, nearly artificial, bubblegum and strawberries.

    Give it some time and it will be exotic and fantastic

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Flight 7 - The sweet wines (3 Notes)

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