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• 2015 Sine Qua Non Syrah "M" Eleven Confessions Vineyard

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  4/24/2021 - bengti Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Brought early out of cellaring to pair with the Atlantis my friend so generously shared. It’s not ready yet. Tight and sharp on the palette it needs an overnight air to get a semblance of the great Syrahs that Manfred produces. Tremendous power underneath the smooth exterior of this wine. In glass for a brief phase it gave off the most alluring candy toffee bouquet but that also shut pretty quick. Revisit in 7-10 years. In the meantime pay secondary market premium for the Atlantis.

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• 2005 Sine Qua Non Grenache Atlantis Fe2O3~2a, b & c

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  4/22/2021 - bengti Likes this wine: 96 Points

  A dear SQN fan brought this to dinner his only bottle accessible during Covid. It was a knockout. Perfumed bouquet of savory notes, dark jam, earth, charcoal, and a powerful palette of complex flavors with a long and elegant finish that was secsuctigely smooth. You could quaff this even at 15.3%, albeit with some meat to hold it down. Multi-textured roast game, tar, cassis, herbaceous mushrooms, super fine tannins. Likely to stay prime drinking for 5 years or longer. Three days later the wife was still trying to pour wine out of the bottle ....

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• 2014 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

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  4/4/2021 - bengti Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Lovely light style Cab with a delicate floral bouquet, roses and sandalwood incense. A bright bouquet with spices, honey, bell pepper and olive compress. Finish wasn’t long per se but carried the wine well. A par above many table cabs

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