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2005 Sine Qua Non Syrah The 17th Nail in My Cranium Eleven Confessions Sta. Rita Hills
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2005 Sine Qua Non Syrah The 17th Nail in My Cranium Eleven Confessions Sta. Rita Hills

Producer: Sine Qua Non
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Rita Hills

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97 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2009

($200; includes 3.5% viognier; 38 months in barrels) Glass-staining purple. Hypnotic bouquet of blackberry, boysenberry, black pepper, olive tapenade and smoked meat, with a strong note of potpourri gaining with aeration. Deep, sweet and remarkably pure, offering broad dark berry and cherry compote flavors, with exotic floral and spice notes adding complexity. Becomes chewier on the finish but yields none of its sweet, palate-saturating fruit.

98 Points | Wine Spectator
100 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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