Loretta Paganini School of Cooking and the Woods of Newbury
Tasted Sunday, December 7, 2014 - Tuesday, December 9, 2014 by Loren Sonkin with 910 views
A local cooking school has a series of lunches on Saturday afternoon that is open to the public. The allow BYO. Our friends Charlie and Alice go every week, and Charlie has taken charge of making these amazing wine events. This was the culmination of the fall semester, and so Charlie set as a them, one of his favorite wineries, Sine Qua Non. We all contributed. Duncan and his lovely fiancée Yvonne travelled to Ohio to join us. While it may be true that the wines would have performed better had they been drunk by a few people over a longer period, that isn't the point. This was FUN! And the wines were great! Jane and I feel quite lucky to have been a part of this and even more to have friends we can share events like this with. The wines were grouped in flights of one or two. Each wine had about twenty minutes with a pour of just under 2 ounces. There were 13 of us. Luckily, I got mine and a lot of my wife's wines too. At the end of the lunch, we then went back to Charlie and Alice's home for some more wine.
It's always interesting to try these. Some I like, others I love. White Rhone varietals are always tricky as to when they are ready to drink.
A disappointing start. I think some people were having too much fun to let some off bottles get in the way. ;-) In any event, this was it for off bottles, so perhaps it was best we got them out of the way early.
Thanks to all for contributing some great wines for our cellars. It was great to meet Duncan and Yvonne. And much thanks to Charlie and Alice for making it happen.
2010 Sine Qua Non The Monkey 92 Points
USA, California
(12/7/2014)
Golden in color. The nose has a lot of vanilla, some smoke and some lemon cream. Full bodied. Nice back bone of acidity. Slightly bitter. I have had this a bunch of times now and it always seems like it is skipping a beat but with a bit more time will get there. I would hold these and wait at this point.
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2011 Sine Qua Non The Moment 95 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
(12/7/2014)
I liked this better than most SQN whites. Lighter gold in color. Much cleaner nose. Apricots and marzipan on the nose. A refreshing tartness on the palate. beautiful texture. Slightly waxy turning a lovely and interesting tangerine on the finish. Drinking great now, I wonder if it ever gets better although it will certainly develop.
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