Tablas Creek Grenache Blanc 2017
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Scents of orange blossoms and fennel introduce this supple white, delivering lovely richness without weight. Its flavors of Meyer lemon and fresh cream meet talc-like acidity, turning the wine savory. Pour it with sea bass roasted with fennel and capers.
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The spicy nose precedes a lush, aromatic flavor profile centered around a core of crisp acidity. Deep and nicely balanced from a great Paso winery, this wine represents a variety that’s quickly gaining traction.
Tablas Creek is a pioneer of California’s Rhone movement. Founded in 1989, it is the culmination of a friendship between two of the international wine community’s leading families dating back to 1967: the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and the Haas family of Vineyard Brands. After a four-year search, the partners chose Paso Robles, California for its many similarities to the Southern Rhone and began the lengthy process of importing vine cuttings, building a grapevine nursery, and creating an estate vineyard from the ground up. Today, the vineyards at Tablas Creek are proudly Biodynamic® and organic certified by Demeter USA.
Producing full-bodied white wines, Grenache Blanc can be unctuous and soft or floral and fresh. Some of the finest examples are terroir-driven, age-worthy wines. It is a key ingredient in white Châteauneuf-du-Pape and many white blends across southern France and NE Spain. Somm Secret—Grenache Blanc plays a key role in the vins doux naturels of Rivesaltes and a subsidiary role in those of Banyuls and Maury.
