Sine Qua Non - Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard 2020 (750ml)

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Producer	Sine Qua Non
Country	United States
Region	Santa Barbara
Subregion	Santa Rita Hills
Varietal	Syrah
Vintage	2020
Sku	6127

 

Fantastic. VERY dark color and deep, aromatic, elegant bouquet and outrageously rich, lush, beautiful palate and super good length. Gorgeous. Change NOTHING. E thinks some additional WHITE might be nice in exchange with Petite Sirah, but…at the risk of my own well-being…I disagree, but tasted it again a couple months later.
Same result.

Fermented with 25% whole clusters and aged for 38 months in 58% new French oak, the 2020 Syrah Eleven Confessions Vineyard contains 11.5% Grenache, 2.3% Petite Sirah and a combined 2.2% of Gelber Muskateller and Viognier. The nose is a deep, nearly impenetrable mixture of opaque fruits, chocolate cake, tar and subtle hints of savory, meaty complexity. The palate is luxurious and highly polished, with seemingly endless concentration that somehow escalates with time in the glass. The finish is expectedly thunderous, laden with gigantic dark fruit flavors flanked with exotic spice accents, vitamin-tinged acidity and rich, swelling tannins. This wine is impressive in its scope, and I have no doubt that fans of this style will find more than enough to love, but it is ultimately so sumptuous as to appear monotonous.