Christmas BYO (Michaels House): Such a lovely and intense wine, packed with young cherry and blackberry fruit. Amazing balance and aftertaste. Simply stunning! 97-98p
Dinner at Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens (Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens): Tasted blind. We said SQN 10yrs old Syrah. This made by the son of the Krankls is in a way the apple that has not fallen away from the tree. The style is very similar, very much a big wine but also a harmonious wine with everything elevated and albeit with a lot of alc the alcohol is not out of place or rules the wine. To us this harmony of the big alcohol with the rest of the big and elevated elements of the wine is a key sign of SQN ( and this baby SQN) vs others who try to make the style. This was a touch sweeter too and softer than the SQN style and even at times made us think it was a younger Grenache. Impressive 94
Decanted a half hour before dinner. Interesting nose of horse sweat or more game meat and leather. Palate was a beast, not unbalanced, but waves of fruit and fennel and alcohol. After 2 hours it shut down. I can definitely see the resemblance to the few bottles of Next of Kyn and SQN I’ve drank but this seemed a little rougher around the edges. Maybe I caught it in an awkward phase.
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1/8/2023 - cubswinws Likes this wine: 98 Points
Just a stunning wine. So seamless and yet layer upon layer of flavors.
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11/26/2022 - canan wrote: 97 Points
Christmas BYO (Michaels House): Such a lovely and intense wine, packed with young cherry and blackberry fruit. Amazing balance and aftertaste. Simply stunning! 97-98p
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11/26/2022 - Hppr Cellar wrote: 99 Points
Wonderful wine. It maybe it still needs a few more years?
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9/7/2022 - Papies wrote: 94 Points
Dinner at Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens (Pelagos, Astir Palace, Athens): Tasted blind. We said SQN 10yrs old Syrah.
This made by the son of the Krankls is in a way the apple that has not fallen away from the tree. The style is very similar, very much a big wine but also a harmonious wine with everything elevated and albeit with a lot of alc the alcohol is not out of place or rules the wine. To us this harmony of the big alcohol with the rest of the big and elevated elements of the wine is a key sign of SQN ( and this baby SQN) vs others who try to make the style. This was a touch sweeter too and softer than the SQN style and even at times made us think it was a younger Grenache. Impressive 94
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12/16/2021 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted a half hour before dinner. Interesting nose of horse sweat or more game meat and leather. Palate was a beast, not unbalanced, but waves of fruit and fennel and alcohol. After 2 hours it shut down. I can definitely see the resemblance to the few bottles of Next of Kyn and SQN I’ve drank but this seemed a little rougher around the edges. Maybe I caught it in an awkward phase.
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