At the same time, I only noticed two wines that had actual ABV below the number on the label, and one that exactly matched. I wish the labels were unbiased estimates, but they clearly are not.
Whatās the rub with SQN? You take shots all the time and have for a decade.
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Well made wines meant for specific audience. No beef whatsoever my friend.
im calling bullshit. well made wines are well made wines, period. adding a qualifier is a backhanded compliment at best.
envy was one of te seven deadly sins iirc.
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I have not heard of the people involved, but I love fruit from both vineyards. And from experience with Tensley and Story of Soil, the vineyards produce excellent Syrahās.
Again, they are very well made wines from great vineyard sources. If you like Tensleyās wines you will probably enjoy these as well.
Cheers.
No, I donāt think alcohol level gives an indication of style or quality. So much else comes into play.
Checking alcohol levels is such a silly numbers game, dreamt up mostly by the ipob: some somms, a journalist and some Cali cool kids desiring to throw a bunch of uncool labels under the bus.
It was just another elitist movement in the wine space.
Glad the ipob faded into obscurity.
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Wowā¦the 14.5% that is actually 17.17% really stands out.
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yea we need to out them so i can go back the truck up 
/s
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Just received email from Terre Et Sang on their recent sit-down with Lisa P/B and review of their wines. Very positive writeups and scores all ranging from 95-97. Wine Independent released the detailed information earlier this week. Am big fan of this winery and their wines over last couple years. One more great recommendation from Roy Piper!
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A pair of Moulds CS for thee!
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Fall Release live this morning.
In for 3 packs of 2021 Passenger Syrah and 2021 X Block Syrah (13.8 Alc.!)
Extending barrel age Syrah was intriguingā¦
Thought shipping cost was reasonableā¦
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fify. interesting. good on them mixing it up. the x block is bien nacido right? if they waited to christmas it could have gotten ripeā¦maybe 
yep, X is 100% Bien Nacido.
Extended Barrel Age (32 months, 66% New French) is Kimsey Vineyard which is the primary vineyard for Passenger. Would love to try itā¦
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Iām up to a mixed case on these wines, purchasing at least something every release
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discovered the wines at their great tasting room in Los Olivos, a must try!
all in on these wines 
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Had the X Block Syrah 2021 twice last week and itās phenomenal. Love the lower alcohol, which is not totally uncommon from that block. Bien Nacido is a very cold vineyard. The block is incredibly old school. I took this pic of it with Duncan about a year ago a little bit before he picked it. Practically a jungle.
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Iām in for a case. What are thoughts on the cab?
Personally too many Napa and Sonoma cabs already on my buy-list so not going this direction here. Maybe calling on Roy P. here?
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I stopped in for a tasting at Terre et Sang on the recommendation of Roy and was glad I did. The wines were excellent, not subtle. The Kissing Vipers Grenache was great and is what won me over but all their Syrah based wines were very top notch, IMO. Their Chardonnay wasnāt my thing and Iāve passed on their Mouldās Cab, just because I already have enough in this category from folks like Roy, Realm, VHR. I can tell you this, Dalita and Duncan seem like great folks and are working their butts off in the tasting room and must be working twice as hard in the vineyard and cellar so I feel good about supporting their endeavors.
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