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2015 Denner Grenache

WE 95

VN 93

JD 90

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JD 90

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RATINGS

95Wine Enthusiast

Mellow yet packed with action on the nose, this bottling offers aromas of rose petals, jasmine tea, caramelized black fruit and loam. The mouthfeel is quite full and grippy with tannins, offering big fruity flavors of strawberry, grenadine, lavender and violet. Stunning acidity and a chalky texture carry deep into the finish.

93Vinous / IWC

Vivid ruby. Ripe red berries, pungent flowers, succulent herbs and a hint of Asian spices on the highly perfumed nose. Sweet red fruit, lavender pastille and spicecake flavors show impressive depth and an energizing jolt of minerality on the back half. Finishes sappy, focused and very long, displaying resonating red fruit character and sneaky, harmonious tannins that lend shape and subtle grip.

90Jeb Dunnuck

The 2015 Grenache (85% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre and 5% Syrah) offers notes of black cherries, dried violets, potpourri and dusty earth/soil notes. Like the Ditch Digger, it’s firm and tannic on the palate, and needs short term cellaring.

PRODUCER

Denner

Denner Vineyards was founded in 1999 by Ron Denner, a Denver businessman with a taste for wine and the entrepreneurial chops to start his own winery, a venture his website cheerfully refers to “chasing his last rainbow.” Denner Vineyards is a 156-acre estate near the base of the Santa Lucia Range. Some 108 acres are under vine, and Denner uses about half of its estate fruit. The rest is sold to prestigious Paso Robles producers including Villa Creek Cellars, Linne Caldo and Justin Vineyards. Anthony Yount has been Denner’s winemaker since 2009, and the estate produces Bordeaux blends, Syrah, Zinfandel, Rhone Blends and Carignan, as well as a couple of Rhone style white wines. Denner wines win ratings in the mid-90s and critical praise. Vinous noted that “Anthony Yount is without question one of the most thoughtful and introspective winemakers in Paso Robles. Yount is among those trying to add dimensions of finesse to his wines, and he is succeeding big time…I can’t recommend these wines highly enough.”

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles, Paso Robles Willow Creek District

Paso Robles AVA is midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, and it is considered one of the West Coast’s most exciting winemaking regions. With its hot, sometimes searingly dry and sunny weather, it is especially good country for growing warm climate grapes such as Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Because many Paso Robles wineries have been successful with blending these grapes into Rhone Valley-style wines, it is known as the Rhone zone of California. The AVA was created in 1983 and there are 32,000 vineyard acres. In late 2014 the AVA was divided into 11 smaller sub-appellations, so starting with 2015 vintages labeling will become more specific on Paso Robles wines, which will now also list sub-appellations. Located in San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles, the town and its surrounding area, was traditionally a farming and ranching region. But from a few dozen wineries in the early 1990s to more than 200 today, the area is quickly becoming known for wine and risk-taking winemakers.

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.