酒體濃鬱,質感豐沛,帶有香料、甘草和普羅旺斯香草的香氣,還有大量的黑醋栗和櫻桃利口酒的味道,濃鬱程度令人驚嘆,餘味悠長。
與Screaming Eagle, Colgin, Harlan Estate並駕齊驅
只要說到美國膜拜酒,Sine Qua Non 絕對是與Screaming Eagle、Harlan平起平坐的超級酒莊,凡喝過的人都讚嘆!但在許多酒迷的心中,地位甚至略勝一籌,因為它不僅僅是膜拜酒,更被視為無價的藝術收藏品,每年獨一無二的酒標,早被無數藏家爭相收集、窖藏,意義非凡!
Robert Parker讚嘆不已,將其列入 ”The World's Greatest Wine Estates”(世界偉大酒莊)一書。
在1994那一年,Sine Qua Non酒莊創造奇蹟,生產的100箱葡萄酒一上市就銷售一空,權威酒評Robert Parker喝過後,頓時驚為天人,馬上給了95高分,原本默默無名的小酒莊從此一飛衝天,成為膜拜酒中的極品!更破天荒創下紀錄,拿下超過22次RP滿分紀錄,成為蘇富比與佳士得國際拍賣會上的夢幻逸品!
RP:100
The soon-to-be-released 2006 A Shot in the Dark is composed of 96.5% Syrah and 3.5% Viognier from the 11 Confessions Vineyard in the cool Santa Rita Hills. Performing better from bottle than it did from barrel, this prodigious red exhibits incredibly velvety tannins, a seamless style, and no noticeable oak (which is remarkable given the fact it spent 32 months in barrel). Dense purple to the rim with an extraordinary perfume of blueberry pie, blackberries, soy, Asian spices, and hints of forest floor and charcoal, this is a complex, rich, seamless, well-balanced tour de force in winemaking. A full-bodied, exuberant, unabashedly California Syrah, it will offer stunning drinking over the next 10-15+ years.