Full Review

Capo Creek

Capo Creek
2021 Estate, Grenache, Dry Creek Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Grenache

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$85

Capo Creek
2021 Estate, Grenache, Dry Creek Valley

Pair this wine with:
Beef Cheese Pasta Pork

Category: Grenache

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 14.2%
Ruby garnet color. Aromas and flavors of red cherry and watermelon bubble gum, raspberry orange peel tea, strawberry, and sweet mint with a velvety, lively, dry medium body and a warming, delightful, medium-length finish with suggestions of ripe cherry and strawberry and raspberry and baking spices with soft tannins and a suggestion of oak flavor. An excellent example of ripe Grenache while maintaining the acidity and balance.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: New World
Aroma Aroma: red cherry and watermelon bubble gum, raspberry orange peel tea, strawberry, and sweet mint
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of ripe cherry and strawberry and raspberry and baking spices
Sweetness Sweetness: Dry
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years with food
Recipes Pairing: Baked Ham, Meat Loaf, Lasagna
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An excellent example of ripe Grenache while maintaining the acidity and balance.

The Producer

Capo Creek Winery

The Producer

Grenache

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Grenache is the world's most widely planted red variety, yet its fame is primarily as a blending variety. The most famous examples are in the Rhone Valley as part of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas, in Spain (where it is known as Garnacha) in Priorat reds, and in Australia, where it is often blended with Shiraz.

Grenache on its own is a light red wine; indeed there are numerous versions of Grenache rosé from France and Spain' respectively, these wines are Tavel and Navarra Rosé. Tannins are very light and aromas are of wild strawberry, rhubarb and geranium.

There are also small amounts of Grenache grown in Italy (in Sardinia, as Cannonau) and the United States.