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Wine Details
Price:
$25.00 per bottle
Description:
As the total acreage in California planted to wine grapes increased more than 40% over the past decade, that portion of the acreage planted to Grenache dropped almost 25%. And get this: of the almost 10,000 acres of Grenache that are planted in California today, only 17 acres are in Napa County, not even 0.1%! This is the grape that makes Châteauneuf du Pape, people. It’s the grape of Gigondas and Vacqueyras, the soul of Rasteau and Sablet. This is the grape that makes Domaine Vieux Télégraphe, Beaucastel, and Château Rayas! I know people in France who drink more Grenache in a normal year than all other red wines combined! And it’s an afterthought in California. Until now. A few years ago, Lee Hudson planted a few acres of his Carneros District vineyards to Grenache, using budwood from Châteauneuf du Pape, not from California. In 2002 Ehren made a 100% varietal wine from these young vines. It just might change forever the way you look at California Grenache
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Varietal Definition
Grenache:
Grenache Noir is the world’s most widely planted grape used to make red wine, sometimes made into a stand-alone varietal, frequently as a Rosé, but most often as a backbone of red blends. Its strength is its ability to grow in arid and windy conditions. It’s particularly suited to warm coastal regions of California, Spain and France. Grenache-based wines tend to be high in alcohol, with attractive fruit qualities in youth and a sweet berry character.Used as a component in some Northern Rhône reds, nearly exclusively for Rhône Rosés and as the primary component in nearly all Southern Rhône red blends, Grenache is probably most notable as the base varietal for Chateauneuf du Pape, Cotes du Rhône and Gigondas. In spite of its fame coming from French wines, Spain is most likely this grape’s origin.
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