{"id":198,"date":"2011-09-27T15:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T22:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blucid.com\/wp\/?p=198"},"modified":"2011-09-27T15:56:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T22:56:32","slug":"just-another-nail-in-the-cranium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"JUST ANOTHER NAIL IN THE CRANIUM&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/stanthewineman.com\/wp\/?p=198\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Damn that Dionysus! Every time I go in search of the perfect wine for under twenty-five bucks (I am still searching hard, and I will succeed) he goes and gives my friend Bob a great bottle of wine that Bob shares with me. This time it is the Sine Qua Non 2005  &#8220;The 17th Nail In My Cranium&#8221; syrah, Eleven confessions Vineyard. Now I do not mean &#8220;Damn that Dionysus&#8221; in a negative sense. This dude has a seriously good palate and he knows what he likes. It&#8217;s just that my point of reference keeps getting adjusted with these  expensive wines. <\/p>\n<p>Parker reviewed this wine back in 2009 and gave it a perfect 100 points. The price that he listed for the bottle was $200.00. It is much more then that now. My good friend Dionysus does not look at a wine by price. He buys what he likes no matter if it&#8217;s twenty bucks or a thousand bucks. Price is not the barometer, it is quality. I can understand why he likes the &#8220;17th Nail In My Cranium&#8221; by Sine Qua Non. <\/p>\n<p>The concentration on the nose is unbelievable. Tar, boysenberry, black plum and a hint of smoke. On the palate this syrah is amazingly big without being big. ? Bacon fat, tar, spice and boysenberry come through on the front of the palate in a large way without being heavy. The wine has excellent acidity and enough fruit to balance the vibrancy of the acid. All of the flavors flow across the palate in a seamless fashion into an endless and I mean over two minute finish. How can a wine that seems so hedonistic, have so much elegance? 100 points (I agree with Parker) Damn that Dionysus! And I thank you. Cheers! Stan The Wine Man<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damn that Dionysus! 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