Winemaker Notes
The 2020 Grenache Blanc presents with aromas of stone fruit, jasmine, and a touch of honey. The entry is soft and rich filled with flavors of melon, Anjou pear, and ripe pineapple. The palate is crisp with fresh acidity and layered with hints of subtle cream from the 'Sur Lie' aging.
Blend: 79% Grenache Blanc, 12% Picpoul Blanc, 9% Viognier
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Crushed and flinty stone aromas give a mineral edge to the honeysuckle, lime pith and lemon peel aromas on the nose of this bottling, which includes 20% Picpoul. That flinty character cruises across the palate, where brisk apple flesh and coconut oil flavors lead into a grippy finish.
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.
