2014 Sine Qua Non "Gallinita" Central Coast Rosé

This rosé release from iconoclast Central Coast vintner and Wine Advocate favorite Manfred Krankl is no little chicken. Made from Petite Manseng, this bruiser clocks in at a not-unusual 15.9% abv! While it bears the trademark SQN flamboyance and power, it's still a rosé, and it's still downright heavenly on a warm summer day or paired with fine haut cuisine. Recent accolades from Wine Advocate's Jeb Dunnuck: "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." (8/2015)