1985. Tomado em Campinas. Com Gustavo e Patrícia — 5 years ago
Big and enormous! Beautiful fruit forward Syrah. Go big or go home. Love it! — 6 years ago
Full bodied, wood still not integrated almost Californian in style. Way too early. Would never have identified this as a meursault blind. — 6 years ago
Typical very good toro wine. Great black fruit. Good length — 6 years ago
Best palate of all night at SNQ tasting @Bottles. Nose not that superlative. — 8 years ago
Peppery flavor is dominant. — 10 years ago
Holy moly, where did this one come from!? This had the nose of full throttle drunken elderberries and freshly baked blackberry pie with pepper and spice and everything nice! This tastes like whole cluster Grenache If there really is such a thing. Black and blue, pepper and spice, black cherry cola, mouth coating, inky. Dissecting out all of the notes that were swirling around, it would take me probably an hour, and everyone would be bored and probably stop reading. This was massive. And has probably a couple of decades left! — 6 years ago
10 year waiting list — 6 years ago
Very concentrated and oaky. Typical Parker style. There are some port characteristics for sure. — 7 years ago
Wine dad brought back from Italy. — 12 years ago
The 2nd WNH Zoom tasting on 3/29 with a “open any white” theme. The On The Lam is eleven years old and is reminiscent of the Backwards and Forwards at this point in its development. I had a Backwards & Forwards in 2017 that had a ridiculously delicious array of secondary characteristics that were just outstanding in their funky goodness. This bottle reminds me more of that wine at age 10. It has transformed from youthful to mature but displays no adolescent awkwardness. Honeyed melon, marzipan, candied pear and burnt marshmallow envelop a firm backbone of acidity. It’s adding weight but ever so slowly. Right now it’s still lithe and pushy and a changeling in the glass that warrants frequent check ins because a night of drinking will deliver 4 or 5 different wines for your drinking pleasure. — 5 years ago
VA! Flaw! — 6 years ago
This is a big boy wine. — 6 years ago
Saca 2018. Lite fruktigare än gemene fino. Torkade russin. — 6 years ago
As if Part 1 of Saturday night wasn’t incredible enough, Part 2 of the final and main event for the Fall WNH was all Sine Qua Non wines. The most spectacular lineup of wines I’ve ever seen, and an overall wonderful ending to an amazing trip with fantastic people.
The second SQN White we enjoyed (after having the ‘15 “ Entre chien et Loup” the night prior) was this beautiful wine. This is more Roussanne dominant than the prior bottle, which explains the more waxy, cool mint, nutty aromas and notes on the palate. Honeyed fruit with a toffee like finish. What a white wine! Thanks @David L . — 7 years ago
Dark fruit, tart tannins, complex. I’d buy a case of this vintage and enjoy with a Cohiba from Havana 🇨🇺 — 7 years ago
Rouge Tomate — 8 years ago
Honeysuckle and lemon on nose. Velvety mouthfeel with hints of peach, lemon curd, cream, bacon fat, ash and a touch of clove. Could use a little more acidity for my liking but fantastic — 10 years ago
Elegance and punch both mixed well in this bottle. First Sine Qua Non! — 11 years ago
Bryan Kesting
A couple of wines to celebrate our anniversary.
The nose alone was intoxicating. Dark plush berries abound. Gave it about 3 hours of air. It was ready to go. — 5 years ago