Sine Qua Non, a doubtful vertical flight.

Uncle P brought us 2 opened bottles of Sine Qua Non, which represent a vertical sample of 1997 and 1998 from this well known boutique winery. He told us that he obtained these a while ago via the internet and after tasting them on Friday with Uncle Jimmy, they reached the conclusion that these wines were probably not SQN. We agreed with this. The nose on the wines was smokey and slightly sulfurous. Both wines, the 1997 in particular, were thin, flat and very unremarkable. They certainly did not taste like the great SQN should have, according to RP. While we cannot prove this, judging by the taste, these two wines are probably not SQN, and possibly were counterfeit wines.