2010 Sine Qua Non Grenache Five Shooter

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  1/27/2024 - Jtrivasi wrote: 96 Points

  With ribeye & air fried potato wedges. Excellent. In excellent condition with many more years ahead of it. Unfortunately my last Grenache from this vintage, but it made the evening.

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  11/22/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 Points

  75% Grenache, 16% Syrah, 2.5 % Mourvedre, 4.5% Roussanne and 2% Viognier...splash decanted...still showing glorious florals of crushed cherries, kirsch liqueur, autumn leaves, brownies with raspberry...soft and luscious red berry fruits...liqueured, yet has a wonderful graphite and red licorice dryness...spicy white pepper tannins and crushed granite give it a nice grip, but does a finessed George Gervin finger roll to a super balanced elegance...little smoky tar, leather, and viognier nuances bring out the exotics...little alc bite and tart cherry skin in the finish. Drinking fantastic at 13yrs, but I see this one going strong 20+. My benchmark SQN Grenache is the 2000 Incognito I had at age 15, and this is close...but the slight alc heat knocks it down a little. That 2000 was "Rayas"esk!

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  8/22/2023 - Jzboxtas wrote: 95 Points

  Really nice, needed some air still. Prefer Syrah from same vintage. Shared with Nikki after birth of Theo.

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  7/3/2023 - DrZett wrote: 96 Points

  Attractive pale to medium ruby color. On the palate ripe red cherries and some sweet and smoky spice notes. On the palate juicy red cherries, ripe blackberries, some sweet tobacco and soft greenish herbal notes. Medium (+) bodied with a nice medium intense acidity. Great, completely integrated, velvety tannins. The high alcohol (15.4%) is integrated absolutely fabulous. It doesn’t feel hot or too extracted at any time. Beautiful complex fruit structure and depth. The overall balance is amazing - it’s quite fruit forward but without being crude, it’s rather elegant. Great long and savory finish.
  Wow, this was super interesting. Not French style, not Spanish style - it has its own style. If tasted blind I would never have guessed this correctly.
  It doesn’t need any decanting in my opinion. Just let it breathe for some minutes after uncorking. It’s drinking absolutely fantastic now and just shows very soft tertiary notes. Drink from now until 2033. (IG)

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  6/15/2023 - DuncanSalmon wrote: 96 Points

  Pop and pour. Needed 5 minutes to open. Just delicious. Herbal, raspberry, integrated wood and umami. Light on its feet despite the alcohol. We fought over the last glass. Just fantastic, and in a great place now!

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