Sine Qua Non Next of Kyn "Cumulus Vineyard" 2015 Collector OWC [3 bottles & 1 Magnum]

The 2015 Cumulus Vineyard #9 is very impressive, offering up a brooding bouquet of cassis, blackberries, charcoal and smoky plums. On the palate, it's full-bodied, richly structured and velvety, with an ample, mouth-filling mid-palate, chewy but fine-grained tannins and a deep, concentrated core of fruit. While it's a powerful, dramatic wine it's also quite reserved—like Sine Qua Non's 2015s. Krankl notes that since 2014, the blend has begun to reflect his original vision for the vineyard more closely than the earlier, Syrah-dominated releases: this year's is 45% Syrah, 22% Grenache, 16.8% Mourvèdre, 5% Touriga Nacional and 1.2% Viognier. It saw 34 months in wood, 40% of which was new. This wine will be released in Spring 2019 as part of the Next of Kyn offering, in a box that includes two bottles and one magnum of Next of Kyn #9 as well as one bottle of Touriga Nacional Número Um: 1,194 such boxes were produced.