Sine Qua Non, Shot in the Dark, Syrah 2006 Large Format 90 points Alan Meadows

90 points Alan Meadows

light and clean

coming from a cooler vintage in Napa Valley

red clay and sand soils

complex and quite peppery in personality

Sine Qua Non, Shot in the Dark, Syrah 2006 Large Format 90 points Alan Meadows100 points Wine Advocate A Shot in the Dark is composed of 96. 5% Syrah and 3. 5% Viognier from the 11 Confessions Vineyard in the cool Santa Rita Hills. Performing better from bottle than it did from barrel, this prodigious red exhibits incredibly velvety tannins, a seamless style, and no noticeable oak (which is remarkable given the fact it spent 32 months in barrel). Dense purple to the rim with an extraordinary perfume of blueberry pie,