2003 | Sine Qua Non | Mr K Straw Man Vin de Paille Semillon (Half Bottle) Online Sale

2003 | Sine Qua Non | Mr K Straw Man Vin de Paille Semillon (Half Bottle)

White Wine: 2003 | Sine Qua Non | Mr K Straw Man Vin de Paille Semillon (Half Bottle)

This wine possess extraordinary richness and nuances as well as superb balance, purity, and aging potential.

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Producer: Sine Qua Non

Ratings: WA | 97

Vintage: 2003

Size: 375ml

ABV: 7.5%

Varietal: Rare White Blend

Country/Region: United States, California

Detailed Description

This wine extraordinary richness and nuances as well as superb balance, purity, and aging potential. The whites are whole cluster pressed and go straight to barrel without any stabilization or settling, and everything is fermented with indigenous yeasts. No racking takes place until bottling, which is usually more than a year after the harvest.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: A monumental wine of great intensity, richness, aromatic complexity, and a honeyed sweetness and balance that are almost beyond belief. Frankly, I don’t know how elixirs such as this can be made, but they demand unreal patience as well as meticulous attention to detail in both the vineyard and the winery. Like all SQN wines, what one confronts is brilliant singularity and individuality that provide us – mere mortals – the opportunity to watch and experience a genius play with our senses of pleasure and intellect. Whether we ever fully comprehend them is irrelevant – it is the challenge and fun of the quest that is damn fun!

Producer Information

Sine Qua Non is one of California’s most famous wine producers. Based just north of Los Angeles in Ventura County, and with most of its vineyards in Santa Barbara, it eschews the usual image of top California wine as being only from Napa Valley. That is not the only thing eschewed at Sine Qua Non – the same wine is rarely made more than once, turning the idea of the American icon wine on its head.The cult winery specialises in Rhône grape varieties, with most of the red wines based on Syrah and Grenache. White wines are typically based on Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier and are also modelled after Rhône wines. While most of Sine Qua Non’s vineyards are located in Santa Barbara, the home vineyard (and the winery) is located in Oak View. Many of the wines are labeled under the more generic California and Central Coast AVAs, rather than the specific AVAs the vineyards are located in, giving more freedom when it comes to blending.