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2016 Charles Smith K Vintners The Boy Grenache

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April 2, 2023 - $44

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RATINGS

97Jeb Dunnuck

It has a Rayas-like perfume of rose petals, black raspberries, cherries, spice, and smoked meat. This carries to a medium to full-bodied, thrilling textured, seamless Grenache that has a stacked mid-palate, no hard edges, and a great, great finish. Hats off to the team at K Vintners for this incredible Grenache!

93The Wine Advocate

With sweet spiced cherries...showing cinnamon and dusty licorice on the nose. Medium to full-bodied, the wine has a balanced structure on the palate with a soft sweetness to counter the tannins and acidity. It ends with a lingering finish of confectionary sugar and dusty Twizzlers.

93Wine Spectator

Distinctive yet refined, with vivid raspberry, smoky meat and spicy orange compote aromas that lead to complex and rich flavors and polished tannins.

93James Suckling

This has all the charm and fragrance that grenache can muster with light raspberries and red cherries, wild herbs and mellow oak spice. The palate has a juicy and fleshy style with open-knit tannins and a fresh ball of raspberries to close.

91Stephen Tanzer

Spicy, balsamic aromas of plum, cedar wood and red pepper. A distinctly savory, wild style of Grenache, with its red berry and cherry fruit flavors complicated by olive tapenade, cedar, smoke and spices. Quite suave in texture and light on its feet, showing little in the way of easy sweetness. Finishes with a fine dusting of tannins...

REGION

United States, Washington

Washington State, with 59,000 vineyard acres, is the second largest producer of wine in the United States. Wine was made in the state as early as the mid-19th century, but Prohibition and, later, restrictive state laws killed the wine making business in the 20th century until the 1960s, when laws changed and large and small producers started making wines. An influential horticulturalist and agriculture professor name Walter J. Clore studied various grape clones in the 1960s to find the best ones for Washington, and by the 1970s Yakima Valley, Walla Walla and Columbia Valley had all become important grape growing areas. The best vineyards in the state are east of the Cascade Mountain range, where hot dry summers and cold winters are conducive to successful viticulture. Numerous grape varieties are grown, with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc at the head of the list.

TYPE

Red Wine, Grenache

One of the most popular red varieties planted, it ripens late and prefers hot dry climates. It probably originated in Spain, where it is still widely grown. Grenache is best known for its use in Southern Rhone wines, including those of Chateauneuf-du-Pape.