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Eleven Confessions Vineyard Estate Syrah 2018

2018 vintage. Medium body. Lightest bodied-white or red-I've ever had from SQN. That said, still waay too much to love afoot. Interesting with this wine retaining the SQN style without emphasizing/doubling down on the more overt tendencies that the winery is known for. The exception that proves the rule. A mere baby and there's nothing that another 7-8 years wouldn't improve. 04.09.25. — a month ago

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Touché Eleven Confessions Vineyard Estate Syrah 2012

Jan A
9.7

Sine Qua Non extended barrel age tasting — 5 months ago

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Anne Amie Vineyards

Twelve Oaks Estate Gamay Noir 2021

Nice notes of cocoa and cherry. A grand easy drinking wine — 8 months ago

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Rattrapante Eleven Confessions Estate Grenache

2012. Last bottle fireworks for Independence holiday in Gualala, CA. View matched the wine. Also a Non-vintage Rubis Rose champagne from Vilmart & Cie! Yum! Thankfully a quiet celbration as our Standard Poodle Hendrix is noise sensitive. — 10 months ago

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Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache 2015

2015 Eleven Confessions Grenache. The additional cellar time since last post. NYE worthy. Amazing. — 4 months ago

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Testa dei Cherubini Eleven Confessions Vineyard Grenache 2014

2014 vintage. Last tasted 11.18.22 (9.3). This sample open for approx 18 hours and still packing a wallop. 16% with heavy body. Not my style but phenomenal. No rush to crush. 12.04.24. — 5 months ago

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Not all wines are made the same. Saxum, Andremily, and others are made in a similar style (even some CdPs, Cote Rotie’s) but don’t get the same comments.
Pinotman /// Andreas

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We’ll agree mostly but. One needs to still look 👀 at these as a Somm at a major restaurant.
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@Shay A You know I have been buying & enjoying Saxum for many years, not one vintage of Saxum has ever shown hot alcohol period or the way SQN does. Justin knows how to ferment alcohol in a way SQN does not care to. I have studied w/ 7 Master Somm’s for months & months before passing my Sommelier exam. They have on many occasions have referred to hot alcohol as a wine flaw and I have never disagreed w/ that statement. But I love 80’s Bordeaux’s at 12-12.5%. It is the modern wine drinker that appreciates high alcohol because there is a fair amount out there to consume. It is this that has defined the modern wheelhouse. It is what modern consumers have come to know and has created a palate preference or comfort. Cheers!

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Subir Eleven Confessions Syrah 2016

+3 hour decant(some cloudy sediment). A striking deep purplish magenta color. On the nose: subdued notes of black fruit, leather, smoked meat, floral, cloves. Taste: smooth, rich, lush, balanced wine with blackberry, graphite, charred meat, saline, pepper, and a minerally dark chocolate espresso long finish. YUM! — 5 months ago

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Stags' Leap Winery

Twelve Falls Red Blend

Great nose. Complex but well balanced. 53% cabernet sauvignon, 30% petit syrah, 9% merlot, 4% petit verdot, 4% malbec. Enjoyed at the castle in Napa. — 7 months ago

Morgan

Twelve Clones Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2022

Nose: medium cherry. Smoke.

Palate: spice. Dark a bit sweet cherry fruit.

Long finish.

$25 / $15 on 2
— 9 months ago

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