2006 Sine Qua Non "Mr. K - The Ice Man" Viognier (375ml)

Name: 2006 Sine Qua Non "Mr. K - The Ice Man" Viognier (375ml)
SKU: 1059205
Price: 199.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 95.5 (2 reviews)

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Wine Advocate

Reviewed August 2007

To be released next year, the 2006 Mr. K. The Iceman (287 grams of residual sugar and 9.4% alcohol) possesses zesty acidity as well as extraordinary complexity. It should rival some of the world’s greatest sweet wines. (RP)

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Professional Reviews

Vinous

Review Date: 11/2007

(for 375 ml.; made from frozen grapes from the Bien Nacido Vineyard) Deep yellow-gold. Intensely spicy aromas of vibrant peach and apricot are enlivened by steely minerality. Lush and sweet but vibrant, with vivid pit fruit flavors, tactile sweetness and outstanding clarity. Possesses a taffeta-like texture, finishing with grip, supple acids and lingering honey and orange marmalade character. Krankl avoids botrytis for his ice wines because he believes that true ice wine should show "the marrow of the fruit" and that botrytis overrides the variety." (JR)

Notes

Sine Qua Non is one of California's most famous wine producers. Based just north of Los Angeles in Ventura County, and with most of its vineyards in Santa Barbara, it eschews the usual image of top California wine as being only from Napa Valley. That is not the only thing eschewed at Sine Qua Non – the same wine is rarely made more than once, turning the idea of the American icon wine on its head. The "cult winery" specializes in Rhône grape varieties, with most of the red wines based on Syrah and Grenache. White wines are typically based on Marsanne, Roussanne and Viognier and are also modeled after Rhône wines. Praise from Jeb Dunnuck in the Wine Advocate: "There are few greater success stories in wine than that of Sine Qua Non’s Manfred Krankl. Austrian-born and showing up penniless in Los Angeles in 1980, he went on to create one of the greatest wine estates in the world today by sheer talent and work ethic." (08/2015)

Details

Type	Dessert Wine
Varietal	Viognier
Origin	California, United States
Bottle Size	375 mL
SKU	1059205