black plums and licorice notes with touches of cigar boxes

Extremely sexy

offering up expressive aromas of crème de cassis

and the wine stands as an impressive example of Château Pavie's characterful and age-worthy style

yet without losing the cool

Sine Qua Non 'Distenta' III Syrah, Central Coast, 2021, 75cl 18+ black plums and licorice notesI tasted the 2021 Syrah Distenta III as a precise blend from barrel on July 6it's due to be bottled in August. It comes from three estate vineyards: The Third Twin (51%), Cumulus (26%) and 23% Eleven Confessions (23%). The Syrah is blended with 11. 3% Grenache, 3. 3% Mourvdre, 2. 1% Petite Sirah, 0. 9% Petit Manseng and 0. 7% Muscat and was vinified using 21% whole clusters. It matured around 23 months in 53% new French oak, 43% one to three year old