Grenache
The wines listed below are a sample of the over 3,000 wines offered.
2016 Domaines Lupier El Terroir
(not eligible for discounts)
$40.00
GARNACHA FANTASTICA
Sublime 119 year old vines. Always in the moment and love sensational wines that overwhelmingly deliver! The instantaneous wine consumption with the RND bottle has nearly consumed our initial order.
Don't miss out.
~ The Wine Lab
95 Points The Wine Advocate
2016 DOMAINES LUPIER
EL TERROIR
The 2016 El Terroir comes from a selection of their organic and biodynamically farmed plots, fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured between 11 and 13 months, depending on the plot, in mostly used and mostly 500- and 600-liter oak barrels. They now only replace around 8% of the barrels each vintage, so they are quite well seasoned and neutral, and the wines don't have any oak aromas or flavors. It has crunchy fruit, red rather than black fruit, and the wine is super fresh. The oak is much better integrated than the initial vintages—it's transparent with the wine, and you feel the fresh fruit, the rain, the soil—as a result, the wine is relaxed, harmonious and has light. This is a more complete and deeper version of the 2013, with the freshness and acidity with long life ahead. The wines show incremental improvements year after year, and the 2016 has probably helped to obtain the most complete vintage to date. It's long, tasty, has fine chalky tannins and impressive balance.
2018 CHATEAU REDORTIER BEAUMES-DE-VENISE
(not eligible for discounts)
$30.00
INSTANT WINE LAB RECOMMENDATION
Just wrapped up a tasting that defines in the moment wine promotion projections, this is great with an array of foods that are just fun to enjoy.
Love Steak Super Burritos? Shawarma? Spicy Spaghetti? This is it! Friendly in price and overdelivering in quality and texture.
~ The Wine Lab
5 Stars The Wine Lab
2018 CHATEAU REDORTIER
BEAUMES-DE-VENISE
60% Grenache, 35% Syrah, and 5% Counoise
The Syrah pops big with all its spice-dust and crusty earth, and Grenache fills-in the gaps with its mouthwatering strawberry and raspberry fruits. And that sliver of Counoise? Is a tempting delight to conclude!
The Beaumes 2018 is sensually supple without effort, it shows a nice and balanced concentration with medium to full body and a creamy texture. There is sweetness in the mouth, length and a silky finish.
2018 Domaine De La Charbonniere CDP
(not eligible for discounts)
$49.00
So-some friends flew in and said let's drink some red Burgundy, I ran to Bouchon Bakery gathered some Brioche, butter and my Oatmeal.
Long story short,
I enjoyed some 2011 DRC La Tache with my breakfast and it was beyond awesome!
Same thing today, having a late breakfast with this awesome value driven CDP and boom! It's delicious anytime of day!
Carlos Falla, V Wine Cellar Wine Lab
Also In Wine Spectators Top 100
Great Value!
92 Points JEB DUNNUCK
2018 Domaine de la Charbonniere
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE
Leading off the four Châteauneuf du Pape releases, the 2018 Châteauneuf Du Pape (70% Grenache and 15% each of Syrah and Mourvèdre) offers lots of blackberry fruits as well as notes of violets, flowers, and sandy, loamy earth. It’s medium-bodied, with a silky texture, ripe tannins, and the charming nature of the vintage front and center.
About The Estate
One of the finest run estates in Châteauneuf du Pape is the Maret family’s Domaine de la Charbonnière, which is in the heart of the appellation, just off the route to Courthezon. They produce four Châteauneuf du Pape (readers should read last year’s report on the 2016 and 2017s for a description of each of the cuvées), all meriting attention. In addition, they’ve added two new Vacqueyras releases, bringing the total from that appellation to three cuvées. The 2017s aren’t far off what was achieved in 2016, and the 2018s all showed beautifully, with more depth and richness that most in the vintage.
2018 Fulldraw Chopping Block
California Rhone Sensation!
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2018 Fulldraw Chopping Block
(not eligible for discounts)
Sold Out, may be available at the winery. Please contact us for more details.
CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN RHONE
A potent decadent nose with a sultry ravenous vivacity that leaves you only thinking of desiring more.
~ The V Wine Lab
2018 FULLDRAW VINEYARD
CHOPPING BLOCK
94 MASSIVE POINTS JEB D
A Southern Rhône-like blend of 49% Syrah, 34% Grenache, and 17% Mourvèdre that spent 18 months in 50% new French oak, the 2018 Chopping Block has a big, opulent nose of smoked black fruits, black licorice, pot roast, and peppered meat-like aromas and flavors. This deep, powerful, inky colored effort stays balanced and relatively light on its feet and has a stacked mid-palate as well as a great finish. It's not for the Pinot Noir-only crowd out there, but it offers incredible pleasure.
2019 Clos Des Papes
(not eligible for discounts)
$145.00
We Have The Legendary Rhone Giant In Good Supply!
Don't Miss Out!
98 Points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape is a stunning example of this estate as well as the vintage. Gorgeous kirsch, flowery incense, spice box, and garrigue-like notes define the nose, and it hits the palate with classic Clos des Papes elegance and finesse backed up by a great mid-palate, fabulous concentration, and a monster of a finish. Don’t miss this beauty. It can be enjoyed today with incredible pleasure or cellared for two decades.
2019 Domaine De La Janasse CDP VV
(not eligible for discounts)
$145.00
It's True!
The Most Explosive Old Vine CDP On The Planet Is Back!
~ The V Wine Lab
2019 DOMAINE DE LA JANASSE
CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE VIELLES VIGNES
99 POINTS JEB DUNNUCK
Lovers of brilliant Châteauneuf du Pape should snatch up bottles of the 2019 Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieilles Vignes, which comes mostly from the northeastern sector of the appellation, from the La Janasse lieu-dit as well as from the La Crau lieu-dit. Revealing a deeper ruby/plum color to go with a spectacular bouquet of peppery garrigue, smoked meats, blackcurrants, black cherries, and truffly earth, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied richness and has no hard edges, with building tannins and another blockbuster of a finish. While this wine is always rich and powerful, it’s the level of elegance and purity that really sets it apart in this vintage. Give bottles 2-3 years in the cellar and enjoy over the following 20+ years or more.
2019 Paul Lato Ora Et Labora Grenache
(not eligible for discounts)
$80.00
PRAYERS & HARD WORK....Paul Lato & I have something else in common!
Those of you that know me, know my love affair with Grenache. Such an irresistible allure this bottling has as it continues to seduce your senses with profound simplicity.
In the end, that is all I seek. A Wine filled with beautiful, alluring, majestic sensations as this wine engulfs your sense of hedonism on a worldly level.
~ The Wine Lab
2019 PAUL LATO
" ORA ET LABORA "
All the sensations below are held together with an essence of exquisite minerality brought forward by the close proximity of the marine layer that is ever present.
Black cherries, peppery herbs, crushed stone, and floral notes all show on the nose, and it's medium to full-bodied, structured, and concentrated.
2019 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache
(not eligible for discounts)
$45.00
Might Just Be Your Next Tuesday Night Wine
Checking out Tablas Creek's website and I come to find that the single grape bottlings and combinations of varietals are endless. Most definitely a tip of the custom hat to them for their innovative thinking, creativity like this allows for all of us to enjoy their wines in and endless series of future good times.
~ The Wine Lab
(( SOLD OUT ELSEWHERE ))
TABLAS CREEK VINEYARD
2019 GRENACHE
With deep blackberry and plum fruit and attractive, savory hints of black olive and asphalt, this full-bodied, creamy-ripe effort boasts a long, licorice-tinged finish. Drink it anytime over the next decade or more.
SHOOT I'M GETTING HUNGRY TOO
GUILTLESS PLEASURE
FOOD & WINE WITH ZEST
NOW WE'RE TALKIN
RECIPES & PAIRINGS
RECIPE SUGGESTIONS
FOOD PAIRINGS
Grilled steaks
Pastas with meat sauces
Rich beef stews
Spicy sausages
2020 DOMAINE SANTA DUC VACQUEYRAS ROUGE
$0.00
JE T'AI DIT JE T'AIME
DESIRS REALISABLES
The RND Lab has been on fire this week, a wine weakness of mine is Grenache ( Garnacha ), weaving in and out of all stylistic worlds with ease. When you taste a wine that leaves you in a state of desire, what else is there?
~ The Wine Lab
2020 DOMAINE SANTA DUC
VACQUEYRAS ROUGE LES AUBES
80% Grenache and 20% Syrah, boasts intriguing aromas of garrigue, fennel, roses and purple raspberries. It's medium to full-bodied and silky in texture, striking a fine structural balance between delicacy and tensile strength, with a long, mouthwatering, licorice-tinged finish.
2020 Le Vieux Donjon CDP
(not eligible for discounts)
$80.00
WHEN TIME IS SEEN AS AN ILLUSION
What is not Illusory is the fact that these finely crafted wines, since 1966, are delivering explosive sensorial realities to in the current wine moment enthusiasts. Always tasting and drinking new wines in the wine lab, as we are in tune with keeping it fresh in REAL TIME.
~ The Wine Lab
Jeb Dunnuck Is Correct!
A Massive (( A )) Effort
2020 Le Vieux Donjon
Châteauneuf Du Pape
From an estate that seems to have hit another level over the past 5-7 years or so, the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape reveals a deeper plum/purple color as well as charming, complex aromas and flavors of ripe blackberries, mulberries, peppery garrigue, flowers, and orange blossom. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it shows the more charming, mid-weight style of the vintage, has silky tannins, wonderful overall balance, and outstanding length. It's not going to match the top vintages from this estate, but it's going to put a smile on your face any time over the coming 15 years or so.
Rhone Three Pack
$285.00
INTERCONTINENTAL RHONE GIANTS
Connections we carry from the past and connections we make in the present that add to the sheer enjoyment we receive from drinking these wines.
Don Burns from Turtle was kind enough to, recently, treat us to a bottle of his awesome G2 Syrah ~ well deserved demand for his craft. Justin Harmon from Argot Wines, a 6 year run and running here with us as we share the same Rhone passion. PEGASO old vine Garnacha ( Grenache ) coming from very unique terroir in the Sierras west of Madrid is the delicate lacing that holds the other two hedonistic sensations together....Easy to fall in love with these for sure!
~ The Wine Lab
2019 Turtle Rock Willows Cuvee
97 Points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2019 Willow's Cuvee checks in as 57% Grenache, 28% Syrah, 12% Mourvèdre, and the rest Tempranillo, and it’s from the G2 and Cruz Vineyards and saw 30% stems and 60% new barrels. Kirsch, blackberries, herbes de Provence, and white pepper nuances all give way to a medium to full-bodied, round, supple, beautifully balanced 2019 that’s already hard to resist. It’s going to bring the goods over the coming 10-12 years.
It may be too late to get on the mailing list, but Don Burn’s Turtle Rock is unquestionably one of California’s new superstars.
2019 Pegaso Barrancos de Pizarra
95+ The Wine Advocate
The explosive nose of the 2017 Pegaso Barrancos de Pizarra is all thyme and flowers, really expressive, aromatic and redolent of the herbs found in the surroundings of the Gredos Mountains. It's especially representative of the Mediterranean character of the year. It has powerful aromatics that keep growing in the glass, floral and spicy, with notes that are reminiscent of curry, nutmeg and Jamaica pepper. It's very showy and intoxicating, with the tight tannins of the slate soils—they are chalky and finer grained than the slightly coarser tannins from granite.
2019 ARGOT INDIGO SYRAH
97 Jeb Dunnuck
Brought up in more new French oak (90%), the 2019 Syrah Indigo is inky purple-hued and gives up a killer bouquet of blackberries, beef blood, bay leaf, iron, peppery herbs, and bacon fat. It's rich, full-bodied, and concentrated on the palate, with a dense, rich, powerful, yet also focused style that stays graceful and elegant. This is a gorgeous Syrah in every way that should have 10-15 years of prime drinking.
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