| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
1/11/2017 - nywine68 Likes this wine: 93 pointsElegant. Not over the top at all, just very nice balance |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/3/2017 - Ron Slye wrote: 98 pointsWow. This is pretty amazing. It is so tight and closed, that I hesitate to evaluate it, yet it is also delicious, and one can sense where this may go. This was opened with a 2005 Cayuse Cailloux and a 2002 Bionic Frog -- those two were really really good -- this was amazing. (Thank you to Nick and Libby!). Decanted, and now a few hours later. This is still really tight - a tight nose of smoke, charred meat, forest fire, and tight tart fruits. Lovely weight in the mouth -- nice dark fruit, giving way to savory smoky meats, violets. This is a brooding dark wine, and absolutely captivating. The finish is tremendous -- long and steady. I guess this does not get 100 at the moment because there is so much hiding underneath. But I do hope I get to try this again in 5-10 years. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
4/29/2017 - leadpencil wrote: 97 pointsFull bodied. Blackberry, slate, limestone, black pepper |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
6/15/2017 - dbkitc wrote: 97 pointsWow this is a big wine, but it is a gorgeous wine. Right now it is youthful Syrah without a lot of secondary characteristics. The texture is profound but not heavy. There is acid to balance the fruit. A masterpiece for this style. (97) |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
7/28/2017 - bubbachumps wrote: 94 pointsMeaty, peppery, high toned cherry, tree stem and cassis for a complicating. This continued to evolve over the course of the evening. Wonderful texture in the mouth. Decanted 12 hours and consumed over 4. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
10/20/2017 - Pquaker wrote: 94 pointsNice fragrance, very nice follow through. Initially thin, probably better as it ages to more supple richness. Drinking nicely now but let it age. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/10/2017 - Rosengoo wrote: 95 pointsDrank at a local steakhouse with minimal decanting. Clear and ark garnet red in colour with a nose and flavours of dark berries and light peppery spices. Very well balanced on the tannins and acidity and overall a great bottle of wine tonight. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
12/9/2017 - bablues wrote: 99 points7th Annual Christmas dinner and cellar raid (Naperville, IL): Part of Christmas wine dinner and cellar raid and didn't take detailed notes. Opened up along with the Five Shooter Grenache. The Syrah blew it away along with every other wine on this night. This was the classic SQN that is right in it's sweet spot. Others preferred the 1985 La Chappelle but for others, including me this was the WOTN if not the WOTY. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
1/26/2018 - dcwino wrote: 95 pointsSine Qua Non dinner (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Incredibly youthful nose displaying crushed blackberry, blackberry jam, crushed pepper, smoke, baking spices and earth. Excellent concentration, nicely layered black fruit, silky and polished, good acidity, nicely integrated tannins and a long jammy black fruit driven finish. Although big and ripe, showing the nice Syrah typicity. Once again, not as opulent as the EBAS. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/2/2018 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 94 pointsPurple color with a bouquet and flavor of plums and blackberries. Good balance with tannins mostly integrated but short of perfect. Good depth with a long finish. May have benefited from longer decanting, but hard to say. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
4/7/2018 - Ben Christiansen wrote: NRSmells like Grenache. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
8/30/2018 - patwjr Likes this wine: 94 pointsDecanted for 1.5 hours, rebottled for ride to restaurant, then decanted for an additional 2 hours (tasted #4 of 5 wines). Blueberry fruit & black pepper. Big, still a bit tight. Last glass after opening/decanting for 6 hours was smoother, more fruit & less pepper. Wait on opening more. 94+ |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
9/18/2018 - tcosgriff Likes this wine: 97 pointsDeep purple color with a bouquet and flavor of blackberries, plums, and stale pepper, with the pepper of quite extraordinary intensity dominating the finish. Big wine with great depth and a long ending. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
5/16/2015 - kfrench150 Likes this wine: 97 pointsWow! It's hard not to love this wine! Deepest purple black, trace of black raspberry Campino candy (read: creamy dark fruit) on the powerful nose, huge taste, mouth coating, blue and black meaty fruit (blueberry, mulberry, beef jerky), great balancing acid, deeply buried tannins, super long and smooth finish. Strangely reminded me of a Tignanello in a very good year for some reason. Just amazing! Now I just have to wait for several more years on the mailing list. Oh, well... |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
10/8/2018 - Minnesota wrote: 96 pointsOne of the most enjoyable SQNs, along with B20, consumed in many years. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/3/2018 - Papies wrote: 96 pointsAlpha Estate & Friends Dinner (Murano, London): 3 years since we tried this ( Papies 95) and continues to develop and deliver. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
1/17/2019 - Jonathan T Likes this wine: 97 pointsWow...this was a stunning wine. First off, this tasted very different from most SQN Syrahs I've had. If I had tasted this blind, it would unquestionably be identified as a rhone varietal wine, but I would have been certain this was grenache. I'm not sure if there was a higher percentage of grenache in this blend. Second, for those who claim SQN wines are heavy, jammy, fruit bombs, this wine was no, no, and no. From the start, the nose is full of grilled red and green peppers, Moroccan spices, peppery meat, charred rosemary. On the palate, the savory trend continued into a dazzling array of flavors that, quite honestly, I have difficulty articulating. The fruit was obviously there, but there was so much more. The Five Shooter is one of the most tasty, intellectual, and unique wines I've had in a while. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/23/2019 - Beezc Likes this wine: 94 pointsDark berries and spice. Drinking well now but could go longer. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
3/31/2019 - brigcampbell wrote: NRWell made wine, obviously. Very dark, almost black. It's extracted and concentrated. A touch of dark plum, hinting at prune, on the nose. Heck, not too bad for 15+ABV cali Syrah. Strong chalky base and a Rhone olive note says Syrah. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
5/15/2019 - MC2 Wines wrote: NRAcker Auction - May 2019 (Zuma in NYC): The first of three wines where the most apt descriptor has to be 'rocket fuel'. This is not for the faint of heart. It coats the tongue and the palate and it's hard to imagine being able to fully appreciate some of the wines that came before this as well after this. It's lots of fruit. Fruit loops springs to mind. Sweet. There is something that doesn't seem quite right though - usually I think of SQNs as truly vibrant wines that just sing out of the glass at you and that wasn't the case here. Perhaps in a more muted or dumb phase? |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
7/27/2019 - hanasowner wrote: 94 pointsA few notches below my last bottle several years ago...solid nose of dark black and blue fruit with some floral notes, but not as much going on when tasted...medium finish...will decant the next one. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
8/11/2019 - hoservin Likes this wine: 94 pointsDecanted for 30 minutes. Aromas of blackberry, plum, smoked meat, vanilla and baking spice. Ripe black fruit, spice, cocoa, vanilla wafers and ripe tannins on the palate. Mouth coating and dense. Very long, layered finish. Full bodied. Pretty wine. Served with grilled marinated tuna steak. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
8/17/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 pointsSQN & BBQ (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Magnum. Small glass, brief note from memory. Black plum and cherry with meaty character. Rich and powerful, just less balanced vs the Grenache. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
9/1/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 93 pointsNo notes due to a night of wonderful over consumption. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
9/22/2019 - brigcampbell wrote: NRThis caught me a little bit off guard because I was expecting a very concentrated california-style one and to my surprise it had a lot of old-world aspects to it with a black olive aroma and a Dusty palate with dark fruit. This was probably wine of the night, big but enjoyable. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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