The first Sine Qua Non Pinot Noir and ultra rare! Only 850 bottles made The pencil drawing on the label depicts the vineyard layout in an old-fashioned style, with the Sine Qua Non block in the upper left corner, or out in "Left Field". "A fondness for double entendres seemed to make this name fitting as well, because I think...
"Good red-ruby. Complex nose combines red cherry, raspberry, woodsmoke and cinnamon. Sweet, silky and dense, with enticing flavors of strawberry and exotic spices. Remarkably large-scaled and generous for the year, and long and ripe on the back end, with suave, fine tannins. Oaky, but the wood element is successfully integrated. This reminded me of a Dujac Burgundy. Stephen Tanzer