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SKU 999769
$189.94Original price was: $189.94.$164.94Current price is: $164.94./bottle
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#16 in Top 100 Wines, 2025. A mix of Slide Hill and Alta Mesa vineyards, the 2022 Grenache is based on 82% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 8% Mourvèdre, fermented with 60% whole clusters and aged in 50% new barrique and demi-muids. Black raspberries, herbes de Provence, pepper, and iron dominate the bouquet. It’s full-bodied and beautifully concentrated, with ripe tannins, a layered mouthfeel, and outstanding length. Wonderfully complex and complete, this is a sensational Rhône blend to enjoy over the coming decade or more. Drink 2025-2037.
The purple skinned grapes of the Grenache varietal have quickly become one of the most widely planted red wine grapes in the world, flourishing in several countries which have the correct conditions in which they can grow to ripeness. They thrive anywhere with a dry, hot climate, such as that found in central Spain and other such arid areas, and produce delightfully light bodied wines full of spicy flavors and notes of dark berries. Their robustness and relative vigor has led them being a favorite grape varietal for wineries all over the world, and whilst it isn't uncommon to see bottles made from this varietal alone, they are also regularly used as a blending grape due to their high sugar content and ability to produce wines containing a relatively high level of alcohol.
Country
United States
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
Region
California
California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.
Appellation
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara is home to many of California's most sought after wines, with a powerful reputation for superbly crafted, old world style big, flavorful and complex red wines. The white wine industry in the region is growing, too, with many wineries within Santa Barbara successfully experimenting with several classic white wine grape varietals. As in much of California, Santa Barbara benefits from the blazing west coast sunshine, coupled with cooling Pacific Ocean breezes and fogs, which help to temper the grapes and slow the ripening process, thus ensuring more flavor and aroma in the resulting wines. Although Santa Barbara is a relatively young wine region, it is home to many wineries who are extremely dedicated when it comes to demonstrating just how good their terroir is, and how characterful their region's wines can be.
JD98pts
Jeb Dunnuck
#16 in Top 100 Wines, 2025. A mix of Slide Hill and Alta Mesa vineyards, the 2022 Grenache is based on 82% Grenache, 10% Syrah, and 8% Mourvèdre, fermented with 60% whole clusters and aged in 50% new barrique and demi-muids. Black raspberries, herbes de Provence, pepper, and iron dominate the bouquet. It's full-bodied and beautifully concentrated, with ripe tannins, a layered mouthfeel, and outstanding length. Wonderfully complex and complete, this is a sensational Rhône blend to enjoy over the coming decade or more. Drink 2025-2037.
TWI95pts
The Wine Independent
Deep garnet-purple in color, notes of ripe blueberries and juicy raspberries jump from the glass of the 2022 Grenache, followed by hints of fertile loam, cardamom, and Sichuan pepper. Full-bodied, the palate delivers firm yet plush-textured tannins with great tension and a long spicy finish.
WA93pts
Wine Advocate
Tasted as a final barrel sample before its August bottling, the 2022 Grenache contains 10% Syrah and 8% Mourvèdre and was fermented with 45% whole clusters. The nose is black-fruited, opulent, rich and meaty, functioning much more like a Syrah than a Grenache. The palate is similarly lavish and plush, with impressive concentration and power yet retaining a welcome refinement. The finish is dominated by new oak, with a chocolate-tinged richness taking center stage before a subtle, stem-derived lift stops the wine from going over the edge. Fans of extraordinarily ripe and rich wines will find few better alternatives and could pay substantially more for them.
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