🏰【An outstanding and complex cult Syrah, still youthful at 17 years old, offering layers of dark fruit, spice, and savory notes】. The 2007 vintage was very favorable for Grenache and Syrah in the Central Coast, with a cold winter and dry spring leading to small berries and wines of concentration and intensity. This wine is a blend of 89% Syrah, 7% Grenache, and 4% Viognier, with fruit sourced from Eleven Confessions Estate Vineyard, Cumulus, White Hawk Vineyard, and Bien Nacido Vineyard. Sine Qua Non is a "cult wine" known for its unique label art and rarity. It has an inky purple color. The nose reveals black raspberries, black pepper, roasted meats, dried herbs, spice, blueberries, smoke, and sandalwood. The palate is full-bodied, layered, and complex, with flavors of black raspberries, black pepper, blueberries, earthy notes, and an underlying char. It has great balance, silky tannins, and a long, seamless finish, showing great energy and depth. 🍴 This Syrah is excellent on its own and pairs beautifully with most meats or fowl, including beef tenderloin, roasted meats, and roasted vegetables. 🥂 This wine is in a great place right now, still youthful but showing development, and has decades left. It's perfect for a truly special occasion, a celebratory dinner, or a tasting for serious collectors of rare and highly-rated wines.