Cedarville Vineyard Grenache

The tale of 4 bottles! The first, perfect and intriguing. The 2nd, simple but enjoyable. The third, fruit forward and again, simple but at least, balanced. The 4th, with the opening funk of bottle one and acidity like a rubber bouncy ball - all over the place but not anywhere that you’d want it to be. So quirky and unbalanced. And, only because the ‘19 Skinner was opened as comparison, am I giving this a pass, as perhaps being at …

More simple, with more fruit and less acid than previous bottles, but still enjoyable. This bottle totally void of that earthy, savory character that I noticed in a bottle 10 months ago. Making me wonder if it’s not at the tail end of its drinking window? Much more like an unoffensive bottle pulled off the grocery store shelf. (89+)

Definitely a less serious wine than the Skinner. That said, it’s very enjoyable. Opens with a slight gaminess that blows off quickly. What follows is bright, crunchy, medium to dark red fruits and that fruit carries literally through every sip, right to the last glass and sip. A pop & pour, crowd-pleaser, though few in the crowd would know the grape or appreciate the work being done by this winery. I’m a long-time fan of this Grenache. And now again …

I’m so impressed with this wine and producer. Their Grenache was the first of their varietals I ever tasted…must’ve been 15+yrs ago. As well, the wine that I’ve always praised as their benchmark (side note: their Cabs, with some age on them, are quite impressive). Though I’ve always liked the acidity in Grenache and this bottling is more on the low to mid level, what I’m really diggin’ is the savory/salinity that I don’t recall from past experiences. Absolutely Lovin’ …