Sine Qua Non, The 17th Nail In My Cranium, Eleven Confessions Vineyard, Syrah 2005 (1 MAG) | WA 100

Sine Qua Non, The 17th Nail In My Cranium, Eleven Confessions Vineyard, Syrah 2005

Santa Rita Hills

WA 100

"The 2005 Syrah The 17th Nail In My Cranium, a blend of 96.5% Syrah and 3.5% Viognier which is aged 38 months prior to bottling. ... Black as a moonless night, the 2005 17th Nail reveals a stunning nose of spring flowers intermixed with creme de cassis, blackberries, charcoal, graphite, and hints of lard and barbecue spices. Dense, with an endless (and I mean endless) finish, remarkable purity, and layer upon layer of flavor, but no sense of heaviness or flabbiness..." (8/09)

1 mag (cn)