2011 Sine Qua Non "Patine - Eleven Confessions Vineyard" Santa Rita Hills Grenache All the elements fall into

All the elements fall into place in a gracious

anise and black pepper

textured 2008 Saint-Pierre reveals a skyscraper-like mouthfeel along with tremendous viscosity and unctuosity

intense and clean

Asian spice and floral notes make for a complex wine

2011 Sine Qua Non "Patine - Eleven Confessions Vineyard" Santa Rita Hills Grenache All the elements fall intoComing 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