2022 Grenache Blanc
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The 2022 Tablas Creek Vineyard Grenache Blanc is Tablas Creek’s Twentieth 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 has turned out to be a remarkable success in California since we introduced it in 1997, producing wines with full body, good acidity, and flavors of citrus, anise, and green apple.
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91 points; "pear and apricot flavors align": Wine Enthusiast (Mar. 2023)
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95 points; "perfectly balanced with a vibrant texture": BevX (Oct. 2023)
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91 points; "very fresh and citrusy with an attractive mineral backbone and chalky texture": JamesSuckling.com (Oct. 2023)
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17.5/20; "bright with excellent acidity... Delicious.": Jancis Robinson (Sept. 2023)
Tasting Notes
A pretty nose of peaches and cream, crushed rock, and lemongrass. The mouth has Grenache Blanc's signature mouth-filling texture and white grapefruit flavors, bright acids, chalky minerality and a little pithy bite of green apple skin tannin on the finish.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Adelaida District Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 12.0% Alcohol by Volume
- 350 Cases Produced
Blend
- 100% Grenache Blanc
Certifications
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 most vintages. In the 2022 vintage, where Grenache Blanc was hit by our May frost, we used some in the Esprit Blanc, but sacrificed the Cotes de Tablas Blanc so we'd have at least small varietal bottlings of our core grapes.
Our Grenache Blanc grapes were grown on our Regenerative Organic Certified™ and biodynamic estate vineyard.
The 2022 vintage was our third year of drought, but because the rain that we received came early, the vines showed good health though with cluster counts down by about 15%. Two frost events, one in April and one in May, reduced yields further. A cool first half of the summer was followed by our hottest-ever August and September, producing an early start and an even earlier finish to harvest. The vintage's extremely low yields produced concentrated flavors, noteworthy texture, and intense fruit.
For the varietal Grenache Blanc, we chose mostly lots fermented in stainless steel (for energy), with a smaller addition from foudre (for roundness). The lots were blended in May 2023 and bottled under screwcap the next month.