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2019 Reserve Grenache

93 Points - Vinous
"Deep ruby-red. Spice-tinged red and blue fruit preserve, incense and floral scents show sharp definition and pick up a smoky mineral flourish with air. In an energetic style, offering juicy Chambord, blueberry, spicecake and lavender pastille flavors that deepen through the back half. Smooth tannins add gentle grip to the long, floral-tinged finish, which strongly echoes the red fruit and spice notes. 75% aged in concrete eggs and the rest in a new, 500L French Oak puncheon." Josh Raynolds

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A parcel of Grenache was planted at the peak of the Calcareous Estate in 2014.  Farmed in the traditional head-trained pruning style, the Grenache was bordered by rows of Mourvedre and Syrah.  The grapes are picked together and co-fermented creating a wine that is 90% Grenache with 5% each of Syrah and Mourvedre.  The wine was aged for 20 months in a combination of large concrete egg shaded tanks and 500L new French Oak puncheons.  This is our first-ever bottling of wine produced from exclusively that site as well as aged in concrete.  These factors and the resulting wine itself is what deemed this a Reserve tier wine.

Tasting Notes
Shows elegant purple hues in the glass and exudes strawberries and cream on the nose. Luxurious soft textures upfront build with mix of red berries and darker fruit. Mildly spiced tannins lead to a clean finish which allows a wide range of pairing options. An age worthy Grenache that should complex nicely for next 10+ years
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Wine Story

Vineyard Notes
The 2019 Reserve Grenache is from our head trained Grenache block 13 planted at the top of our Estate in 2014. Co-planted with about 8% Syrah, the extra shading from the head training and the east facing slope combine top create a darker version of our Estate Grenache. 2019 was a challenging vintage, but the sort of challenge that creates great wines. Spells of above and below normal temperatures created a wide range of flavors and textures in the ripening fruit. These conditions require the pick date to be exact, but when called correctly the foundation for the best possible wine is set.
Winemaker Notes
The Grenache was hand harvested and fermented with about 20% of the grapes remaining whole cluster. For the first 3 days of ferment pump-overs were preformed to pull out the juice. The whole clusters were then broken up by hand in tank and twice daily punch downs were preformed. After a total of 15 days on skins, the ferments were bladder pressed and the free run and press fractions combined in a single tank. After setting for 24 hours, 30% was racked into new French 500L puncheons and the remainder to a concrete egg. Aged for 18 months and bottled with no filtrations.
Production Notes
380 Cases Produced

The Specifics

Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Varietal
Grenache
Appellation
Paso Robles
Vineyard Designation
Calcareous Vineyard
Harvest Date
September 25th
Sugar
24.7 Brix
pH
3.54
Aging
18 Months
Alcohol %
14.9

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