Booyah!  We’ve produced some mighty tasty Grenaches in the past (2018, 2016, and 2013 come to mind) but for my palate, none holds a candle to this lip-smackin’ bad boy!  It actually transports me back to Châteauneuf-du-Pape, reminding me of some of my favorite 100% (or nearly so) Grenache cuvées grown in safres.  Picked October 18th, 20% of the fruit was not destemmed to add a bit of peppery spice to the nose and palate.  After an indigenous fermentation and nearly a month on the skins, the wine was pressed to all neutral French oak.  It remained unracked and on its lees until bottling.  Unfined and unfiltered.