2013 Sine Qua Non Grenache ♀

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  2/11/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Good Wine with an Exciting Super Bowl (The Krengels - Bannockburn IL): Walkaround tasting. A rare lackluster bottle from SQN, this seemed slightly stewed, so perhaps heat damaged.

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  1/17/2024 - Elkcims Likes this wine: 97 Points

  5 hour slo-ox served over 2 days. Expressive intense blackberry, coffee, coal, glycerin. Sweet fruit balanced with dusty tannins and a fresh acidity. Honestly didn't see any excess influence of alcohol and wouldn't know this was a grenache had I not read the label. Yum!

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  11/23/2023 - bablues wrote: 97 Points

  An elegant stunner

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  1/28/2023 - Decanting Queen wrote: flawed

  Bought a few more of these to play with because this has been a perplexing bottle. I am starting to think there is some bottle variation with these as this is the second bottle (of four) that I have tried that has felt a bit stuck.
  On Pnp day 1 this was incredibly floral, so much so that for a minute I thought the wrong soap had been used on the decanter. But no, I had washed 2 at the same time and the other one had no aromas. First taste was wound up and tart with cherries, plums cranberries. Put back in bottle and corked, left at cellar temp overnight. This has worked well previously and brought out the sweeter notes and complexity.
  Day 2 seems almost shut down. With aggressive swirling violets and plums on the nose. Tart fruit on the palate and bitter chocolate with a long finish. But not as expressive or complex as I would have hoped. No green notes (none of the nettles of my last bottle ) and very astringent.
  I will give this another day and see if it wakes up. Otherwise a big waste of $200+
  
  Edit: day 3 there was some evolution, a little more on the nose, some licorice. But mostly bitter woody tannins. I have to conclude that this bottle was flawed

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  1/1/2023 - markcic Likes this wine: 95 Points

  As the main wine with our New Years Day celebration opened four hours in advance and decanted. The nose was fruit and floral. The palate was blackberry, dark cherry, currants, charred meat, tobacco and chocolate leading to a very long finish.

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