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SINE QUA NON2014 Piranha Waterdance Syrah | Ventura, California 750ml
The 2014 Syrah Waterdance is utterly sensational, and like all great wines, blends incredible intensity and depth with a weightless elegance and seamlessness that's hard to believe. Checking in as a blend of 81% Syrah, 8% Petite Sirah and the rest Mourvedre, Touriga Nacional and Graciano that was fermented with a quarter whole clusters and aged in just over 50% new oak, it offers to-die-for notes of creme de cassis, cracked pepper, liquid violets, wet stone and hints of spice. Utterly sensational on the palate as well, it's a full-bodied, rich, unctuous beauty that has nothing out of place, perfect balance, sweet tannin and a finish that won't quit. Ideally it would be given 4-5 years of cellaring and it will see its 20th birthday in fine form. | Jeb Dunnuck for jebdunnuck.com, 99 points
The 2014 Syrah Piranha Waterdance is young and unevolved (more than the Grenache) and sports an inky blue color to go with lots of minerality, notes of cassis, violets and pepper, full-bodied richness and a surprisingly serious, structured, even masculine vibe on the palate. A blend of 81% Syrah, 8% Petite Sirah, and the rest Mourvedre, Touriga Nacional and Graciano, fermented with 26% whole clusters and aging in 54% new French oak... | Jeb Dunnuck for Wine Advocate, 97-100 points
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