Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache 2018

Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache 2018

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Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache 2018
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Sine Qua Non is known for its limited-production, high-quality wines, and the 2018 Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache is no exception. The wine is sourced from Sine Qua Non`s estate vineyard, Eleven Confessions, located in the Santa Rita Hills appellation of Santa Barbara County. This region is known for its cool, maritime-influenced climate, which helps to create wines with elegance and nuance. The soils at Eleven Confessions Vineyard are predominantly sandy loam, which contributes to the complexity of the resulting wines. Bottled at a robust 16% ABV, expect notes of ripe red and black fruits, such as raspberries, black cherries, and plums, along with hints of baking spices, leather, and liquorice.
99 Robert Parker
The 2018 Grenache Eleven Confessions Vineyard is a barrel selection and is composed of 83.7% Grenache, 9.1% Syrah, 6% Petite Sirah and 1.2% Viognier. It was fermented with 45% whole clusters and matured for about 38 months in 52% new French oak barrels and demi-muids. It has a deep ruby-purple color and slowly opening scents of Morello cherries, coffee beans, licorice, thyme, tea leaves and forest floor. The full-bodied palate is powerful yet energetic, offering bursts of juicy acidity and grainy tannins to counter its concentrated fruits. After spending some time in the glass, the long finish blossoms to a kaleidoscope of spicy, floral accents, suggesting this may require more bottle time than some of the other wines in this lineup before reaching its peak. This was bottled on December 17, 2021, and tasted May 24, 2022. 919 cases and 276 magnums will be released in November of 2022. — Erin Brooks, 31st May 2022

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The wines of Sine Qua Non need little introduction. Mould breaking, iconoclastic, visionary are just some of the descriptors invoked when critics and wine lovers discuss this unique winery. Based in Ventura, north of LA, the wines of Sine Qua Non regularly notch up perfect scores from critics while the waiting list for a direct allocation is well over ten years.

Founded by Manfred and Elaine Krankl in the early 1990s, the duo swiftly gained attention from wine lovers and critics for their superb Rhône blend wines, quirky labels and uncompromising approach in the vineyard and cellar. The winery has experimented with producing Oregon Pinot Noir, dessert wines and an array of quirky single varietal reds and whites, but generally revert to producing the wines for which they are most famous - Grenache and Syrah. The wines are generally big and bold, but those who like things cranked up to eleven should look no further than Manfred's "extended barrel ageing" program.

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