2008 Sine Qua Non Grenache The Duel

Community Tasting Notes (46) Avg Score: 95.4 points

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  1/21/2024 - csimm wrote: 94 Points

  A consistent showing from when I've sampled this wine in 2021 and 2018. Spice box, dark black cherry, ripe black raspberry, soil, cedar, and even more spice (cinnamon stick). Expressive and large-scaled. Finishes rich and powerful, with some alcohol lingering. Fleshier this time around, too. Drinking fine now, if but a little burly for my tastes.
  
  Unlike this Grenache, its Syrah sibling is all spun up right now (at least that was the case with the bottle of the 2008 Syrah served next to it was). Drink the Grenache. Hold the Syrah.

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  8/26/2023 - AllRed wrote: 95 Points

  4th Saturday Brown Bagger (R&D’s): Blind. Dark color. Pine, raspberry and herb notes to start. Picks up a cinnamon note with air. Full-bodied, with medium tannins and flavors of raspberry liqueur, dried herbs, rosemary and plum. Asian spice accents in the finish. Well-balanced with an abundance of perfectly ripe fruit. Not as complex as the others, but really enjoyable.
  
  This had been opened just over seven hours before the flight was poured, and decanted for three hours in that stretch.

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  7/2/2023 - chrisdgsmith@hotmail.co.uk Likes this wine: 95 Points

  At PW's. Hugely impressive, like a super ripe CdP. Beautiful.

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  6/20/2023 - Jzboxtas wrote: 92 Points

  Good, not great. Potentially past its prime.

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  3/27/2022 - willthethrill Likes this wine: 94 Points

  One of the good ones! Grenache at its best

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