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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
3/31/2024 - hoservin Likes this wine: 95 pointsDecanted for one hour. Nose of ripe blackberry, smoked meat, dried herbs, anise and vanilla. Blackberry, gamey meat, dried herbs, mocha and anise on the palate. Very long, layered finish with excellent depth. Full bodied. Drinking beautifully! Served with hickory smoked, reverse seared rack of lamb and garlic herb butter. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/14/2024 - tantotinto wrote: 97 pointsDecanted and poured immediately. Great aromatics. The Viognier and Roussanne have to be contributors there. Dark cherry, spice, pepper and savory with a kick of saline minerality on the finish. Intense and full without overpowering. Superb tonight but plenty of time left for this one. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
8/26/2023 - jcstip wrote: 97 pointsVery deep purple with nice viscosity deep chicory with hint of green pepper some tobacco spice to it. Nice rep peppercorn and the end. Nice tannins remaining. 5 or more years to go excellent vintage |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
4/16/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 pointsSQN Dinner (Jordan's Place - Chicago IL): Still ripe and fleshy, this seems to be at the point of just settling down. Certainly good, even if lacking the density and gravitas of the best from Manfred. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
1/21/2023 - hoservin Likes this wine: 95 pointsDecanted for one hour. Nose of blackberry, gamey meat, spice, cedar and vanilla. Black fruit, gamey meat, cedar and spice on the palate. Very long, layered finish. Excellent depth. Full bodied. Served with rack of lamb and a mint sauce. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
1/15/2023 - Cailles wrote: 93 pointsNo notes taken. This showed still quite youthful and exuberant. There is a lot of substance, the precision is high, the wine is expressive and intense, but too intense at this point. The level of ripeness is high but not too high. This will probably need another decade to flesh out and become more fine and elegant. 93/94 today for all the substance which doesn’t mean that once settled and mature, it cannot climb to much higher highs. We had this next to the Cayuse En Chamberlin 2011, which took it home easily, as the wine showed much more earthy and olive character, better balancing all the fruit there is while the SQN was still all about fruit. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/28/2022 - ravbik wrote: 96 pointsComplex, ripe spicy . So many layers . Meaty and some mild iron |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
9/22/2022 - Papies wrote: 96 pointsThe Return to the Ledbury (The Ledbury, London): Our third time over 7 years that we have this wine and consistently in the 95-96 area. Proper SQn here , big and elevated across, levated as we always say but in balance and harmony with all parts of the wine blasting out at 110dbs but in one concrete effort. Even the massive alc does not stand out ( Unfort for others like Alban & Saxum it does and this remains the key difference for us between SQN and others)and blends well. Our note from 2015 says "As always the question given this was not blind tasted is, did we underrate because it's an SQN or did we rate higher because it's an SQN? But for a wine to create this questioning is a good thing" and it indeed once again we echo this comment. 96 and this will last another 20years no problems. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
7/1/2022 - jag323 wrote: 97 pointsDelicious, drinking beautifully. Paired well with NY Strip. Super dark, great depth of flavor. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
6/10/2022 - B Paul wrote: NRCertainly a big, rich wine but it’s very well made and interesting. Lots of fruit, red and dark, and also some graphite and meaty notes. Double decanted and followed over three hours. This definitely picked up some vibrancy and complexity with air. Definitely in the drink window, but aging nice and slow so no rush. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/13/2022 - Geoff Likes this wine: 97 pointsOne hour slo-ox, 3 hour decant. Dark, almost black color, no evidence of browning. Nose of sweet dark fruit with multiple layers of nuance. Light red fruit, smoke, spice, leather, and bacon fat. More of the same on the palette with smooth, sweet integrated tannins. Hides its 15.2% alcohol well. Long, long finish. This wine is drinking well, firing on all cylinders and at it's apogee. Enjoy. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/12/2022 - pheck Likes this wine: 99 pointsFruity nose, on the palate silky tannins, gorgeous dark fruit flavors, graphite, toasty aromas, dark chocolate and tobacco. A bit sweet on the finish and very long lasting. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/7/2021 - Backdoctor wrote: 95 pointsdelicious wine, another great SQN. Great with my burger at Kitchen |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
7/5/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 97 pointsA very big hulk of a wine. Deep garnet color with a black interior. The nose bursts with dark berry fruit supported by charcoal. Not the least bit hot - actually quite the opposite. The nose is very welcoming in a bruiser sort of way. The palate is equally well done offering copious amounts of husky fruit that literally covers every millimeter of the palate. That said there is a leathery complexity and ample acidity to make this balanced in the most massive sense of the world. Not a drink regularly type of wine but for its style it is incrediblely impressive. Wow. I would love to drink this once a year - but no more. Happy 4th. (97) |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
5/20/2021 - fcxj wrote: 92 pointsThis is a huge wine Amarone-esque in proportions. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
5/6/2021 - Niagara wrote: 92 pointsone of the few SQNs that didn't absolutely blow my hair back. Still good. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
2/24/2021 - wineismylife wrote: 94 pointsWIML94 |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
12/27/2020 - galewskj wrote: 94 pointsAnything Goes (Zoom): Decanted 2 hours, poured/sealed in 5 individual jars and consumed via zoom 3 hours later. This wine is definitely a big syrah. Crazy dense, extracted, citric, floral, lilac, rich dense berries, tar, olive, and smoked meats. It manages to come across as balanced, and there's no noticeable alcohol. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
12/27/2020 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 95 pointsZooming Along with Anything Goes!: Zooming along with Anything Goes 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
12/27/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsVirtual Holiday Wine Tasting (Home): Very dark red/purple color. Decanted for 2 hours and poured into vessels at 2pm and into glasses at 4pm. Drank a glass over 2 hours. Blackberry liqueur, blackberry, scorched earth, smoked meats, aromatic floral and citric notes on the bold nose. The palate is dense and full, scorched earth, blackberry, glycerin, black plum, meaty and unctuous on a very velvety texture. This intensely fruity; an elixir of black and blue fruits. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
12/21/2020 - randyjc wrote: 98 pointsI really did not want to like this wine as much as I did. I am not particularly a fan of California syrah - they often are so “Hey - look at me!!” That said, this is the best syrah I’ve had from anywhere other than the Northern Rhône. Too expensive - I’ll enjoy my remaining ones and be done with SQN. But, this wine was a remarkable experience. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/30/2020 - brianngibson wrote: 96 pointsBlack cherry, mint, menthol, meat, violet. Intense and multi-layered. New flavors emerge even after leaving the palate with a long finish. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/25/2020 - Matt Scott wrote: 95 pointsSee previous note. This has aged exceptionally well, showing more verve. Sumptuous and within the ideal drinking window, there’s dark coffee, blueberry, cold cuts, sous bois and chiseled stone. Full-bodied and offers so much complexity. Drink now - 2030. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
11/3/2020 - DnL Cellars Likes this wine: NRElection 2020 - decided to pop a Five Shooter and watch the world burn. Will update as the night goes on. |
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2010 Sine Qua Non Syrah Five ShooterCentral Coast more |
9/19/2020 - Stonger the Better Likes this wine: 97 pointsWhat a terrific bottle. Powerful yet smooth. Vintage Syrah from the Krankl’s. You won’t be disappointed. |
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