January 9, 2017 - Decanted and drank. Deep, dark purple color, nose of dark fruit, tobacco and earth. The wine has lush dark fruit that coats the palate and has a long finish. Drinking beautifully.
August 31, 2014 - Deep purple color...decanted for 90 minutes. Bouquet of blackberry, smoke, blood...the wine is still huge with some heat but very smooth and mouth coating. Long delicious finish.
June 20, 2014 - Deep dark purple bordering on black in color. A big bold wine, nose and palate leave no question it's a syrah. Can PnP and it's ready to be enjoyed but holds up well and evolves a little over many hours. Has at least five years left in the tank.
December 29, 2013 - This is a great wine. It has a powerful nose of crushed dark fruits and cassis and tobacco. A really plush and full mouthfeel with a long well balanced finish. Outstanding
December 24, 2013 - A literal hot mess -- tremendously alcoholic, yet light in acidity. Flawed bottle or flawed wine?
November 19, 2013 - - Crimsom color and aromas of blackberry, black currant, raisin, cherry and chocolate. It's somewhat balanced and has flavours of cherry and vanilla - Serious, well made wine but it never quite opens up.
October 26, 2013 - Syrah and Grenache at Blackstone Steakhouse (Blackstone Steakhouse Norwalk CT.): The Jonata was interesting but had a tough act to follow after a Sine Qua Non. This dialed back the power and aimed for finesse. Got a nice perfume of blueberry, blackberry and raspberry with really more of the same on the palate. Had a nice 45 second finish. Not a hard edge on this one and drinking really nice right now.
July 5, 2013 - This wine surprised, but not on the positive side. Unrecognizable when compared wit my notes from 5 yrs ago. The "hot mess" quote is completely applicable. Tread cautiously with this one (won't make a good impression on your mother-in-law).
February 21, 2013 - Decanted for an hour. After a string of old world wines, this came across as kind of a hot mess. Sweet blue fruits,big hit of alcohol on the nose. Very big and goopy on the palate.
August 31, 2011 - These guys missed everything. Over-priced their wine into a falling market. But man, this is good stuff. Blue fruits, nice mouthfeel, relatively restrained and in a great place right now.