2019 Late Bloomer

Varietal
Grenache
Tasting Notes

Forget the last day of school, because the hair-raising twists and turns of this pure-steel coaster are calling your name. But as soon as the harnesses lock in, you wish you were back in Algebra. Too late. You’re off like a shot—strawberry jam loop-de-loops, cinnamon corkscrews, rum cake and red plum roundabouts, brown sugar tamari inversions that suck the breath from your lungs, herbal breezes whipping at your cheeks, and the sweet futile hope that by the start of next year, the other guys will forget about all your screaming.

If you must know
Vineyards
Bien Nacido, Slide Hill, Luna Matta, Rolph, Full Draw
AVA
California
Cases made
410
Aging
Aged in 50% New French Oak for 48 months
Drink now
30 minute decant
Cellar
Now through 4-6 years
For the score whores

93 points, Wine Advocate