TNs Raven and 06 Saxum Broken Stones, done with the dissapointments

WINE TALK
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Ahhh yeah…this is why I like SQN so much. Every time its a different experience. This is like a young Brazilian carnival girl…all dark, brooding, mysterious and sexy as all hell. The nose is big and full of tar, spices, a whiff of citrus, black and blue berries. Full thick palate with dark fruits and a little smoke. Thick and smooth, not chewy at all. Relatively sweet and well composed. Im glad I have several left because I see this going the way of The Other Hand and gaining changing complexities…It was only opend for a few hours and I drank about half of the bottle over 2 more hours…towards the end it was showing some new notes of leather and cinnamon…

The Broken Stones is a little confusing. Huge warm nose with raspberries and blackberries. Some baking spice and a hint of menthol, which was the first confusing thing because it feels warm but theres also menthol (newports? :wink: A bit of oak and at times I could smell some lemon rind. I know the combo sounds weird and I dont usually go that specifically into descriptors but these were very distinct. Then the palate. Certainly some oak, more blueberries than red. A little charcoal smoke. Another puzzling thing was that every once in a while I would get this blast of Rocket Block grenache. I dont know if it was RB that went into this particular blend, but 05 RB is my favorite grenache ever and Ill be damned if every so often this didnt remind me of that. Just a bit of heat and a bit of tannin. I think that as this settles and harmonizes it will be awesome. Aint dumping the rest though :wink:

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Raven was Syrah btw. Dont own any Grenache.

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You just HAD to say Brazilian, didn’t you?

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Glad to here your streak is over, I don’t own any SQN but can’t wait to pop a Broken Stones.

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[worship.gif]

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Speaking of…the syrah is WAY better than the grenache.

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Ive read that several times. I think I have never felt a SQN grenache was stronger than a syrah counterpart so I just dont go after the grenaches. Though I did like the Atlantis grenache well enough, I still liked the syrah much better. Same thing for the Ode to E…Not a huge fan of Into the Dark. I did manage to get my hands on a Naked Truth so we will see…17th nail already has a better name :wink:

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That’s saying a lot. The Raven Grenache did very well in a blind tasting of SQN about 5 months ago. I thought it was amazing. Beat a lot of big SQN dogs. I think it placed first or second out of about 11 bottles of SQN. Wasn’t as impressed by the Atlantis Grenache (non-blind).

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I have had the Atlantis Grenache about six times so far and think it is hands down the best domestic grenache I have had. Thought the Raven was too Port like and almost undrinkable. ITD was very good during FFII.

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You ever have 05 Rocket Block Tex? If you have, how much better did you think the Atlantis was? I like the RB better, but never had them head to head so Im not absolutely sure.

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Actually had them together…still liked the Atlantis.

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Poor me, gonna have to find an Atlantis and do the head to head myself… [winner.gif]

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Sucks to be you.