Sine Qua Non - "A Shot in the Dark" Sta. Rita Hills Syrah 2006

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Producer	Sine Qua Non
Country	United States
Region	California
Varietal	Shiraz, Syrah
Vintage	2006
Sku	96249
Size	750ml

Wine Advocate: 100 Points

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.

Wine Spectator: 98 Points

This transforms into an amazingly detailed wine, deep, rich, layered and full-bodied, musclebound yet graceful. It's packed with dense, focused and pure mineral, blackberry, toasty oak and roasted coffee flavors that end in a long cascade, veering into tasty chocolate malt ball notes. Awfully tempting now, but sure to reward cellaring. Best from 2012 through 2024. 442 cases made.

Vinous: 95 Points

(includes 3% viognier) Inky violet color. Strikingly complex nose offers scents of boysenberry, cherry-cola, smoky minerals, allspice and fruitcake. Weighty and sweet, with deep dark berry compote flavors supported by a firm mineral spine. A sexy candied floral quality comes up with air and adds further complexity to this supple, sweet and shockingly energetic wine. Finishes sweet but with excellent tangy snap and cut.