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Manage Subscriptions2019 Sine Qua Non Distenta White I
White Blend
- USA
- California
- Central Coast
Community Tasting Notes 25
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driftless Likes this wine:
March 23, 2024 - Peach, papaya, cantaloupe, beeswax, vanilla, cardamom pod, coriander. It's a rich, unctuous wine. Even with it's high alcohol it maintains balance, and doesn't feel too hot. This feels like a feat at 15.3%. We tried from 4 different glasses to compare, and preferred a burgundy stem by far. Great wine!
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Mbad77 wrote: 93 points
March 23, 2024 - Quite incredible in some ways - nose opens up and gives a fair bit
Sone rich deep notes and flavours
Palate is quite punchy but given depth the 15.3% doesn’t detract as much as it could
It’s is fresh, it is big and does have that lanolin and furniture polish element
Has a good long finish, great drive and energy1 person found this helpful Comment -
whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 93 points
March 16, 2024 - Popped and poured. This is a medium gold wine. The nose is terrific, giving scents of papaya, honeydew melon, spring flowers, wild honey, beeswax, and lemon zest. In the mouth, this is rich, lush, full, and round, leaving a creamy finish with a slight talc aspect. Overall, I found this to be a high-quality and unique white wine, one that is dangerously drinkable. The main downside is the silly overweight bottle. Drink now or hold 5-7 years. 93 points.
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melvinyeowq wrote: 89 points
January 27, 2024 - Park90 / Grand Cru SQN Masterclass: Blend of five grapes; 15.3% alcohol. Big-boned, tropical fruit of peach and apricot. Too candied and came across as a look-at-me wine that was trying too hard to be serious Chardonnay.
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stayhappy21 wrote: 95 points
January 27, 2024 - Tasted at the Sine Qua Non Q.E.D. The Masterclass Experience, part of the Fruits of the Vine 2024 at The Singapore Edition organised by Grand Cru.
Gold in colour with a very pretty and well-structured nose. Pure gold in the glass. A wine that went zig-zag on the palate. Waves of fresh acidity kept attacking the senses with very pronounced white stone fruits notes.
Amazing mix of grape varietals from different plots and new French and old oak to produce such a complex yet harmonious wine. Wonderful.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2019
- Type White
- Producer Sine Qua Non
- Varietal White Blend
- Designation Distenta White I
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Central Coast
- Appellation Central Coast
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 68 (3%)
- In Cellars 1,640 (80%)
- Consumed 337 (16%)
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