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2011 Sine Qua Non, Eleven Confessions Collectors Case, Sta. Rita Hills
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2011 Sine Qua Non, Eleven Confessions Collectors Case, Sta. Rita Hills
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Coming all from Manfred's Eleven Confessions Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills and a blend of 77 Grenache, 22 Syrah and 1 Viognier (fermented with 25 whole clusters), the 2011 Grenache Patine spent a full 33 months in almost all neutral oak, with just 11 being new. It offers perfumed and spice-laced notes of white pepper, black raspberry, blackberry and ground herbs that flow to a full-bodied, elegant, nicely concentrated 2011 that has nicely integrated acidity, no hard edges and a terrific finish. It's certainly one of the fresher, more elegant Grenaches from Manfred, yet it still has rocking levels of fruit. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and enjoy bottles over the following decade.
Vinous
The 2011 Grenache Patine has turned out beautifully. Dark red cherry, plum, mocha, spice and leather meld together in the glass as this savory, beautifully layered wine opens up. Herb, graphite, smoke, sage and tobacco add shades of nuance in a delineated Grenache that captures the best of this cool, late-ripening year. Patine is 77 Grenache, 22 Syra and 1 Viognier, all from Eleven Confessions, done with 25 whole clusters and aged for 33 months in French oak barrels, 11 new.