2016 Sine Qua Non, SQN, Eleven Confessions Collectors Case, Sta. Rita Hills, Case of 6 btls [Subir Syrah and Pajarito Del Amor Grenache]

RP100 "Composed of 85.4% Grenache, 7.1% Petite Sirah, 6.9% Syrah and 0.6% Viognier, employing 56% whole cluster, the nose of this opaque, garnet-purple colored uber-Grenache completely explodes with a candied violets, mandarin peel and Indian spices perfume, giving way to a core of bursting-ripe red berries?redcurrants, Morello cherries and raspberries?with an undercurrent of earth, earth and more sweet, fragrant earth. The numbers are telling me this is a full-bodied wine (16.9% alcohol), but the palate is deceptively ethereal, possessing more of a medium to full-bodied feel, thanks in part to bags of well-integrated freshness and fantastic harmony, with soft, silt-like tannins, finishing with loads of savory layers and a fragrant, floral breeze. Yowza, that's good. (LPB)" (August 2020)
Sine Qua Non, Eleven Confessions Collectors Case, Sta. Rita Hills