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IronGate Fine Wine Auction

Tue, Feb 6, 2024 10:00AM EST - Tue, Feb 13, 2024 08:00PM EST
  • 2017
  • 750ml
  • USA
  • California
  • Central Coast
  • Grenache
  • Red
  • 100 points
  • EE1813
  • EE1815
Lot 1229

2016 Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Pajarito del Amor Grenache Sta Rita Hills AVA - 750ml - 3 bottle(s)

Estimate: CAD$1,300 - CAD$2,000

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This lot is comprised of 3 bottle(s) of 2016 Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Pajarito del Amor Grenache Sta Rita Hills AVA - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $1300 - $2000 with a reserve of $1000. The bottles in this lot come from collection 11194.

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An Ontario based collector that started collecting 14 years ago, after a life-altering tasting experience with a bottle of Harlan Estate. The entirety of his collection was sourced direct from wineries, the LCBO and the SAQ. None of the wines offered are from auction. Since acquisition, all his wines have been stored in a residential, temperature and humidity-controlled custom cellar before being brought to auction.
The score for 2016 Sine Qua Non Eleven Confessions Vineyard Pajarito del Amor Grenache Sta Rita Hills AVA is 100 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Composed of 85.4% Grenache, 7.1% Petite Sirah, 6.9% Syrah and 0.6% Viognier, employing 56% whole cluster, the nose of this opaque, garnet-purple colored uber-Grenache completely explodes with a candied violets, mandarin peel and Indian spices perfume, giving way to a core of bursting-ripe red berries—redcurrants, Morello cherries and raspberries—with an undercurrent of earth, earth and more sweet, fragrant earth. The numbers are telling me this is a full-bodied wine (16.9% alcohol), but the palate is deceptively ethereal, possessing more of a medium to full-bodied feel, thanks in part to bags of well-integrated freshness and fantastic harmony, with soft, silt-like tannins, finishing with loads of savory layers and a fragrant, floral breeze. Yowza, that's good.