Wow—now this is a seductive Grenache! The 2016 Grenache Sur Echalas Vineyard has power and elegance with dark red chewy fruit that has an underlying dustiness to the core. The nose reveals a sleeping giant with a multitude of expressions ready at a moment's notice. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, the wine is eerily soft but jam-packed with dusty sweet strawberries, raspberries wrapped in red flower petals and a smoky flavor that fades in and out throughout the mid-palate. It brings immense pleasure—it acts like a big Grenache yet is reigned in and governed by its 13.4% alcohol. The wine is sumptuous, plush and mineral-driven, lingering long on the finish with a hint of reduction and secondary flavors of soft, worn leather, black tea and black spice. This is an impressive Grenache. I think I am entirely smitten. 243 cases produced.
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