Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.7

Deep ruby red. Decanted for almost 4 hours. Powerful nose with olives, black bramble berries, tar, baking spices and gravel. Heavy tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Layered palate with black currants, black olives, a touch savory, herbs, cinnamon and a little dark bit of dark crushed gravel. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2038. (97+)

One of my favorite Syrah based wines for sure. This 2015 is made up of 80.5% Syrah, 7% Petite Sirah, 7% Mourvèdre, 3.5% Viognier and 2% Grenache. The fruit comes from three of the four estate vineyards: 37% The Third Twin, 36% Eleven Confessions and 27% Cumulus. Fermented separately with around 34% whole bunches and then aged for 22 months in a mix of new and used French oak barrels. Thank you Drew for givining this some extra decant time for us!

$$$$$ - Purchased at RARE Steakhouse in Washington, DC for Restaurant week for $165.00, yes that is the price. Average retail is around $364.00.

— 6 years ago

with Sean and India

Eric Linderman

9.5

No 4 in magnum — 8 years ago

with Jill and Stephen

Joe Pollaro

9.5

From Tel Aviv wine tour. Needed for wrapping gifts tonight — 9 years ago

Sunil Gupta

9.2

2012-delicious straight away , opened up nicely , with slow roasted lamb shoulder at Cumulus Inc — 10 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.9

Debut vintage. Aromatic nose of wild flowers, cassis and anise. Intense. Pure. Great finish. You're the man Manfred. — 10 years ago

jki

8.9

Mazliet netipisks (labāks kā tipiskais) beigās foršs citrusaugļu rūgtumiņš. Sky ar atlaidi ap ls 5 (no ls8+?) — 12 years ago

Alexander Szymanski

9.0

Reasonably priced wine and I could drink this all day! — 6 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Baby, it’s cold outside. Falling near 70! The stouts are out! This sleek black beauty has it all! Thick, even lacing in two tone cafe shades, a cumulus attitude. Clean almond and cacao pod with a lemon pith aura. Bee pollen, waterfall rocks and northern oyster shell, including a light brine. Medium mouthfeel and soft minerality prevailas sips reduce the lace to alphabet soup fonts and ultimately horror forests. Unexpectedly clean, with coffee-cola notes and caramelized onion minus the burn. Crispy vanilla that turns creamy with agitation. Steely, smoky, pepper crackers, and bitter violets. #boulevardbrewing #darktruth #kcbeer #stout #dankdark — 7 years ago

with Courtney

Gina Lee

9.2

Absolutely devine buttery Chardonnay with a touch of apricot on the finish. Lovely lovely wine — 9 years ago

Kamini Saxena

10

Cumulus 2013 Chardonnay, Orange, New South Wales — 10 years ago

Hezi Levy

9.6

Always great — 10 years ago

Edwin Lo

9.0

$170 at Cumulus Inc. — 10 years ago

June Lin

9.2

Lovin' moscato! — 11 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.7

Sine Qua Non 2012 “In the Abstract” White Blend.
In honor of the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend at the Red Bull Ring, and a 98 degree day in Chicago, I thought I’d open a little something from my favorite Austrian winemaker. 35%Chardonnay 32%Roussanne 17%Viognier 16%Petite Manseng. Hailing from Bien Nacido, Cumulus and Eleven Confessions vineyard, it spent just under 19 months in 48% used barrels (1-4 years old), 27% new French oak and the balance in concrete eggs. Beautiful deep, translucent gold in the stem. On the nose, fresh-cut white flowers, apricots and peaches with carmel corn and a killer buttery brioche note that just makes me smile. HUGE, full-throttled palate of those aforementioned honeyed apricots and peaches with some mint and spice notes. Finishes with a lingering touch of toasty oak. Viscous, unctuous and oily texture from the Roussanne component. Big, bold, and decadent., yet elegant and classy. For me, this wine is all about the nose and mouth feel. Good Lord, I do love and treasure these SQN whites. To my palate, they evolve and improve every bit as much as Manfred’s reds. They’re in a class by themselves. — 7 years ago

Tim Samway

9.3

cracking wine. enjoyed with tasting plates of tuna with creme fraiche, chorizo in figs at Cumulus in Melbourne. — 8 years ago

Charles Hetzel

9.0

2007 Next of Kyn Syrah - fabulous rich dark fruit in a prime drinking window. #SQN #vegas #wine #SQNtasting — 9 years ago

R. Addison Wehrfritz

9.0

Texture of a Cumulus Cloud. — 10 years ago

Linz Nerrie

9.2

Not a red drinker, so stunned I found a juicy affordable red from Safeway that I really enjoy — 10 years ago

Mark Williamson

9.3

Showing how good muscle in Barossa can be ! On at cumulus — 10 years ago

Eduardo Gonzalez Dorbecker

9.0

Wow.,.excelente vino mexicano. — 11 years ago