94 Wine Enthusiast

"QED stands for Quod Erat Demonstrandum (what was to be shown). A further motto on the label reads 'the proof is in the bottle.' This is supple, almost voluptuous, dark, sappy, packed with compressed black fruits, streaked with iodine and coffee. It shows excellent length and opens with scents hinting of game, earth, sweet mocha, lead pencil and cedar. Complex and intriguing, with six or eight year aging potential. A very impressive debut."

"The first release, the 2007 QED is made up of 94% Syrah, 3% Grenache, and 3% Mourvedre sourced from several top vineyards. It was aged in 25% new French oak. Dark ruby-colored, it offers up a classy nose of pepper, mineral, smoked meat, game, spice box, and blueberry. This leads to a mouth-filling, intense, super-concentrated, opulent wine that has enough underlying structure to evolve for 3-4 years. It will deliver much pleasure through 2022 if not longer. This is a very fine debut indeed!" -93 Points - Jay Miller - The Wine Advocate

"(94% syrah, 3% grenache and 3% mourvedre, from Les Collines vineyard; aged for 18 months in all new French barriques Good deep ruby-red. Highly aromatic nose melds kirsch, mocha, smoked meat and brown spices. Chewy, dense and saline, with dark cherry, mocha and gunflint flavors accented by an emerging note of white pepper. In a rather suave style, this plush, round, fine-grained wine finishes with sweet tannins and excellent breadth." -91 Points - Stephen Tanzer - International Wine Cellar

"This estates first release and a mix of 94% Syrah, 3% Grenache and 3% Mourvèdre, the 2007 Rasa Vineyards QED is much more full, and ripe on the nose with decadent cassis and blackberry fruit, roasted meat, truffle, licorice and roasted herb aromatics. These lead into a full bodied, powerful wine that carries fresh acidity, a brilliant, seamless texture, perfect balance and long, quality finish. While I think the ’08 might age longer, this should still drink beautifully over the next 10 to 15 years." -93 Points - Jeb Dunnuck - The Rhone Report