{"title":"Sine Qua Non","description":"\u003cp\u003eSine Qua Non is the Ventura County winery of Manfred and Elaine Krankl, one of the most sought-after names in California wine. The range runs from Midnight Oil 2001 and Poker Face 2004 to the Eleven Confessions estate wines and the recent Distenta releases, all built around Syrah and Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSine Qua Non: Rhône varieties from Manfred and Elaine Krankl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManfred Krankl moved to the United States from Austria in 1980 and, together with his wife Elaine, founded Sine Qua Non in Ventura in the early 1990s. The first wines were small project wines made with John Alban at Alban Vineyards. The breakthrough came with the 1994 Queen of Spades, a mostly Syrah wine that Robert Parker scored 95 points. From then on the Krankls stayed with Rhône grapes: Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre for the reds, typically Roussanne, Viognier and Marsanne for the whites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first winery was a warehouse in Ventura. In 2012 most of the winemaking moved to a new cellar on the family's land in Oak View. Production is small, around 3,500 cases a year, mostly allocated to a mailing list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA new name for every release, from Midnight Oil to Distenta\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than two decades no two Sine Qua Non wines shared a name. Every bottling got its own title and a label designed by Manfred Krankl, often with his own linocut artwork, and the bottle shapes changed too. That makes each wine easy to place in time: Midnight Oil 2001, Just for the Love of It 2002, Poker Face 2004, 17th Nail in My Cranium and the Atlantis FE2O3 bottlings from 2005, Raven 2006, Labels and Pictures 2007, The Line 2008, The Thrill of Stamp Collecting 2009, Five Shooter 2010, Dark Blossom 2011, Stock, Stein and Touché 2012, Male, Female and Patine 2013, and Piranha Waterdance 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the 2019 vintage the Krankls stopped, because registering a fresh name for every wine had become close to impossible. The releases are now called Distenta, Latin for \"unlabelled\", followed by a Roman numeral. Distenta I was the 2019 vintage; here you will find Distenta III to V as Syrah and Grenache, including a magnum set, plus the Distenta IV white wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEstate vineyards behind Sine Qua Non Syrah and Grenache\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly vintages used bought-in Central Coast fruit. Their first estate vineyard was planted in 2001: Eleven Confessions in the Sta. Rita Hills, named after the eleven different scions grown there. It is their coolest site, on heavy clay, with very low yields and harvests that can run into November. Cumulus surrounds the family home in Oak View and is the warmest site, The Third Twin lies in Los Alamos, and the small Molly Aida plot grows head-trained Mourvèdre for blending. Since the 2020 vintage every Sine Qua Non wine has come from these estate vineyards. The single-vineyard Eleven Confessions Syrah and Grenache, from 2017 to 2020, show the cool side of the estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSweet wines: Mr. K and To The Rescue\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKrankl also made sweet wines. The Mr. K series was a collaboration with the Austrian sweet-wine maker Alois Kracher and ended with the 2006 vintage; Mr. K 2003 is here in half bottles. To The Rescue is a vin de paille made from dried grapes, available as Roussanne 2006 and Grenache 2007, also in 37.5 cl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/california\"\u003eCalifornia wine\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/usa\"\u003eAmerican wine\u003c\/a\u003e pages, or the grapes themselves: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/syrah-shiraz\"\u003eSyrah and Shiraz\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grenache\"\u003eGrenache\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSine Qua Non FAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat does Sine Qua Non mean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a Latin phrase for an essential condition, literally \"without which not\". Here it is the name of a California winery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere is Sine Qua Non made?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Ventura County, Southern California. The cellar is in Oak View, and the grapes come from the Krankls' own vineyards in Oak View, the Sta. Rita Hills and Los Alamos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich grapes does Sine Qua Non use?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMainly Syrah and Grenache, often with some Mourvèdre in the blend. The whites are typically based on Roussanne, Viognier and Marsanne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow should I serve an older Sine Qua Non?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStand the bottle upright for a day so the sediment settles, then decant gently and serve at around 16 to 18 °C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"sine-qua-non-syrah-five-shooter-2010","title":"Sine Qua Non Syrah Five Shooter 2010","description":"\u003cp\u003eSine Qua Non Syrah Five Shooter 2010 is one of California’s most sought-after cult reds, crafted in tiny quantities by the legendary Manfred Krankl. 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Despite its size, the wine remains remarkably balanced and expressive, with the depth to age for decades; if opened young, decanting is strongly recommended to let it fully open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSine Qua Non is based in Ventura County, just north of Los Angeles, with most of its vineyards in Santa Barbara County, where warm Californian conditions are tempered by coastal influence and allow Rhône varieties to ripen with intensity and freshness. 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The core is packed with ripe black and blue fruits, accented by exotic spice, dark cocoa, and a subtle floral lift from the Viognier component. Fine-grained, firm tannins frame the fruit, giving the wine plenty of structure and presence without rough edges. The finish is impressively long and deep, echoing notes of black fruit, licorice, and sweet spice. While already seductive, this wine is built for the long haul: it will reward a further 3–5 years of cellaring and should continue to evolve gracefully for 20 years or more from vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven Confessions is Sine Qua Non’s own estate vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills, one of the coolest AVAs in California, typically planted to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. 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