Carlton Restaurant, Zurich
Tasted Friday, June 8, 2012 by G_H with 1,087 views
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.
Leather, mocha, classic CdP like, very warm wine, very elegant with a long finish.
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Popcorn, leather, super intensive nose, butter, yellow flowers with a long long long finish, great stuff
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Cassis, packed nose, black berries. Less elegant than the incognito but with the same endless finish.
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Sweet, nearly artificial sweetness, like a bubble gum, clearly note as special as the incognito or THE line, but also long, a bit one dimensional though
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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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A bit stinky in the beginning but opened up later. Leather, Rumtopf, some honey, nice length
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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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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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At the beginning a bit holding back in the nose, but what a palate!! This is so powerful yet velvety soft. Really good stuff!!
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This under-performed significantly, but it was no clear bottle flaw. Some fish/seafood notes, a bit of curry and mixed herbs, rather light some green bell peppers and seemed over the hill, pity!
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Fresh in the nose, some cherry yogurt, mixed herbs, curry, good but nothing special
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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G...
Really, awesome, black berry, concentrated creme de cassis, fat, classic SQN note of curry and mixed herbs. clear winner and WOTN for me
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Incredibly dense, black berries with some licorice, way too young!!
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Curry, mixed herbs all the classic SQN ingredients but it just lagged behind in depth with the other SQN's just next to it
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Initially holding back a little, quite different from other SQN syrahs as it has strong notes of vanilla and vanilla bean, incredible wine and very elegant, as it balances the herbs/curry notes with elegantly integrated sweetness.
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You drink this wine and you instantly know this is a heavyweight, a bit alcoholic, in fact one of the few where alcohol still is a bit dominant, but very very good nevertheless, sweet with an entire oriental spice market hidden in that bottle. What a wine!!
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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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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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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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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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While the reds outperformed, the sweet wines were not that spectacular, this had sweet corn, though less than the straw man, but it was truly nothing exciting for me
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Tons and tons of sweet corn, which put me off completely, not harmonious, tons of botrytis but I didn't like it...
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Austrian type of botryits (this acetate glue type of smell), moroccan mint, some rubber, balanced, tons of honey and very very sweet. This is good stuff...
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1995 Sine Qua Non The Bride 84 Points
USA, California
Sweet corn, a little honey, just slowly in decline, but still good. Less Rhone-style than younger vintages of SQN whites
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2003 Sine Qua Non Sublime Isolation 92 Points
USA, California
Classic Rhone notes, minerals, Hermitage style, citrus flavors, good
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