2007 Sine Qua Non Grenache Pictures

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Mark1npt Likes this wine:

95 Points

Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 2nd bottle of this....slow ox'd for 2 hours and enjoyed over 2 more. Lighter Cardinal red in the glass. Loads of bright red cherries and over the course of a few hours more smokey barrel char emerges. HMC nailed it as an '07, but the varietal eluded everyone. This is a very nice wine, however I can't help but think it's a good bit overpriced. For $100, it would be very nice. Luckily, I got my 2 bottles at quite the discount, not the going rate today. This appears to be another case of too much hype, overall. Nice, but not GREAT! Or maybe its best years are behind it? Lori's fav!

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Comment posted by I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine:

12/16/2022 4:05:00 PM - A friend who drinks a lot of SQN says 12 years is their sweet spot.....having said that, I taste the 2005, and it is still quite fruit forward and very tasty!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

12/16/2022 8:31:00 PM - This is indeed very tasty, Jason. I'm sure you could age it a lot longer, too, but why? I'm not sure it gets any 'better'.....I just don't think it's worth the tariff it gets these days. Luckily for me, I stumbled across 2 bottles of this for basically the price of one in an auction some years ago and both bottles performed very well. But I shan't be buying more........
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

12/17/2022 3:49:00 AM - Not commenting on price but 2 hour slow ox and then 2 hrs is nowhere near enough time to appreciate this one. Too bad you didn’t put your glass in the fridge and save for another day—you would have been writing a different note! I am usually underwhelmed by SQN in the first 8 hours and blown away after 24, but that’s my palate. I don’t see loads of people on line giving it that treatment
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

12/17/2022 5:51:00 AM - DQ, I loved where this one was and it had a good 7 hours or so by the end. It was silky smooth and delightful and perfectly balanced just not much horsepower there as compared to all the cabs that night. Felt like the fruit was moving toward the lighter side. It was easily Lori's favorite, though.