Sine Qua Non Syrah 2012, Touché, Eleven Confessions Vineyard (2)

Sine Qua Non Syrah 2012
Touché, Eleven Confessions Vineyard
(1 stained label)
2 bottles

"... the utterly perfect 2012 Syrah Touche reminds me of a great vintage of Guigal's Cote Rotie La Landonne. A blend of 93% Syrah, 5% Petite Sirah and 2% Viognier, all from the Eleven Confessions Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills, it spent 40 months in 78% new French oak. Deep, concentrated, full-bodied and layered, with a multidimensional texture and to-die-for notes of camphor, cured meats, violets, smoke and assorted dark fruits, this beauty has fine, perfectly ripe tannin and blockbuster length. Give it 3-4 years and drink over the following two decades." (100pts Jeb Dunnuck, Wine Advocate #226, Aug 2016)