2013 Sine Qua Non Grenache ♀
Community Tasting Note
Jahull03 wrote:
Saturday, June 6, 2020 - Enjoyed this while cooking, eating, homemade pizza, putting the kids to bed and then binging TopChef. Actually, the perfect context for this wine.
I wouldn’t use words like “perfect”, and this wine seems like it would shrug off any technical compliments or semi-precise tasting notes. It’s the person you invite to the dinner party to get everyone talking and interacting with each other... the social glue. You can enjoy it by itself or with food, young or old, decanted or popped. It’s just so damned friendly that you can’t help but smile and like it (even if it’s a bit obnoxiously expensive). What a fun wine.
Ample acidity, milk chocolate, sour cherry, plum, and dried fruit leather like you’d take on a camping trip. Best glass was 4+ hours in.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/6/2020 12:30:00 PM - Wow, thanks for the indepth notes on this one....so good to know!
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/6/2020 2:22:00 PM - I love that you drank (and enjoyed) this so causally while just doing life stuff. I only have one bottle so I might need an ‘occasion’ but I can’t wait to try it and your note only reinforces that. Thanks!
Comment posted by Jahull03:
6/6/2020 4:24:00 PM - Thanks for the comments - while this wine is priced like something reverent, it really just wants to come out and play. In the Covid quarantine, I’ve tried to not take the cellar as seriously, and it’s been tremendous fun.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/6/2020 8:18:00 PM - Jen...I think I need to bring mine.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/7/2020 4:17:00 AM - Mark, I am clicking my heels in the hope that you do...
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
6/7/2020 4:22:00 AM - Jahull —that is a great attitude. We have been trying to do the same and just enjoy some great wines. Cheers!!!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
6/7/2020 7:23:00 AM - Jen, your wish is my command! The fellow who gave me this bottle has been asking me when I'm going to drink it as he really wants my take on it. I don't know why though. He drinks SQN like I do iced tea!
Comment posted by Charlie N:
6/9/2020 10:41:00 AM - I've been wanting to take the plunge for a while- would you recommend this as an introduction to SQN?
Comment posted by Jahull03:
6/9/2020 11:03:00 AM - Charlie, I don't have that much experience with them (yet. that's changing.), so take this with a grain of salt. I'd answer "yes" to your question on the basis that a) you've let the wine "settle in" age-wise, b) the grenache, while not better than the syrah, might be a touch more unique, c) while expensive, this bottling tends to be toward the lower-end price-wise, and d) it's delicious in the ways I expect/think (both from reading and drinking) are typical of the style.
there may be some scientific elements to wine production, but for me the fun part is the emotion. try it and see. part of the nuance I was trying to capture in my note was that this wine wasn't a "moving experience".... it was just really fun. $200/btl is a lot, so if "just really fun" is a letdown at that price, you might be better served elsewhere. but I will underscore: it was REALLY fun.