Sine Qua Non Pajarito del Amor Grenache & Subir Syrah Assorted Box Set (6 bottles OWC) 2016

Sine Qua Non Pajarito del Amor Grenache & Subir Syrah Assorted Box Set (6 bottles OWC) 2016

Robert Parker (Wine Advocate)

- The 2016 Grenache Pajarito Del Amor is a single-vineyard wine—a barrel selection from the Eleven Confessions estate vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills. "This vineyard is by far our coolest," Manfred said. "Sometimes we don’t harvest this vineyard until November. The wines from here have a lot of structure and presence. The soil is a heavy clay, so the wines can be pretty muscular." I asked Manfred what he considers when he is looking to make a single-vineyard expression. "I pick out the wines that can have longer barrel aging," he replied. "The wine has to be meaningfully dense and balanced. I try to make the selection early on, when the wines go into barrel, to decide which barrels they will go into. I take thicker barrels from Seguin Moreau so that the wine evolves longer and slower."