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sine qua non, eleven confessions collectors case, sta. rita hills 2011
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
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VINOUS
97

2011 sine qua non, eleven confessions collectors case, sta. rita hills

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Eleven Confessions comes entirely from a single vineyard in Santa Rita Hills. The blend contains 82 grenache, along with syrah, petite sirah, and viognier to round out the profile. Aged in French oak barrels for more than three years, this juicy red wine is worth the wait.

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ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE
97

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Coming 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 integrated acidity, no hard edges and a terrific finish. It's certainly one of the fresher, more elegant Grenaches from Manfred, yet it still has rocking levels of fruit. Give it 2-3 years of cellaring and enjoy bottles over the following decade.

VINOUS
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Vinous

The 2011 Grenache Patine has turned out beautifully. Dark red cherry, plum, mocha, spice and leather meld together in the glass as this savory, beautifully layered wine opens up. Herb, graphite, smoke, sage and tobacco add shades of nuance in a delineated Grenache that captures the best of this cool, late-ripening year. Patine is 77 Grenache, 22 Syra and 1 Viognier, all from Eleven Confessions, done with 25 whole clusters and aged for 33 months in French oak barrels, 11 new.