2015 Grenache Blanc
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The 2015 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache Blanc is Tablas Creek’s fourteenth bottling of its 100% Grenache Blanc. The Grenache Blanc grape, a widely-planted but rarely acknowledged southern Rhone varietal is the white variant of the better-known Grenache Noir. It produces wines with full body, good acidity, and flavors of citrus, anise, and green apple.
Tasting Notes
The 2015 Grenache Blanc has an appealingly sweet-smelling nose of candy apple, citrus pith, anise and sea spray. The palate by contrast is fully dry, with Grenache Blanc’s characteristic blend of broad texture and bright acids, flavors of green apple and candied grapefruit, and a long finish with lingering orange peel and salty mineral notes.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Adelaida District Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 14.4% Alcohol by Volume
- 600 Cases Produced
Blend
- 100% Grenache Blanc
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Spicy Asian preparations of fish and chicken
- Shrimp Scampi
- Sushi
- Mussels Mariniere
Production Notes
We use most of our Grenache Blanc in our Esprit de Tablas Blanc and Cotes de Tablas Blanc each year. However, we have been so pleased by the flavors and intensity of the Grenache Blanc that we try to reserve a small quantity of Grenache Blanc for a single-varietal bottling when we can.
The grapes for our 2015 Grenache Blanc were grown on our certified organic estate vineyard.
The 2015 vintage saw dramatically reduced yields from the combined effects of four years of drought and cool, unsettled weather during May's flowering. Months alternated between significantly cooler than normal and significantly warmer than normal, which produced an early start to harvest but required multiple passes through most vineyard blocks during a long, drawn-out picking season. Yields were down as much as 50% in early-ripening grapes -- like Grenache Blanc -- although later-ripening grapes were only down slightly. The result was a vintage with excellent concentration but unusually good acids, and wines with dramatic perfume, texture, and intensity. Our Grenache Blanc was harvested between the September 11th and October 2nd.
For our varietal Grenache Blanc, we balanced lots that were fermented in stainless steel (for brightness) and foudre (for roundness). These lots were blended in April 2016 and bottled in June 2016.