Move over Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon… Grenache aka Garnacha is one of the best red wine grapes in the world. It’s grown in all corners of the globe. Join me on a red wine blind tasting of this great red wine grape.
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Bibich, G6 2017 https://www.croatianpremiumwine.com/wine/2017-bibich-g6-grenache/
BorsĂŁo, Tres Picos 2018 (link for 2019) https://rebrand.ly/borsao-tres-picos
Beckmen, Grenach 2021 (link for 2020) https://rebrand.ly/beckmen-grenache
Beckmen, Cuvée le Bec https://rebrand.ly/cuvee-le-bec
Yalumba, Bush Vine Grenache 2020 https://rebrand.ly/yalumba-bush-vine-grenache
Antonella Corda, Cannonau di Sardegna 2021 https://rebrand.ly/antonell-corda-cannonau
David & Nadia, Grenache 2019 (link for 2020) https://rebrand.ly/david-nadia-grenache
Montirius, La Tour Gigondas 2021
Domaine de la Presidente, Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2021
Vinyes Domenech, Teixar Vi de Finca Monstant 2017
Sleight of Hand, The Sorceress Grenache 2019
Madrevite, Cosa Gamay di Trasimeno Riserva 2020
00:00 Grenache, one of the best red wine grapes in the world
02:56 Blind Tasting Red Wine
08:42 Blind Tasing Reveal
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20 Comments
I understand it's not an everyday wine but i would have loved to have seen you try a Chateau Rayas.
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A nice assortment of wines in this episode. There are certainly many expressions of Grenache that I enjoy, with Southern Rhone being my favorite. Cheers!
Love Grenacha, especially from producer Venus La Universal! Rene Barbier is the legend!
Love Tres Picos especially when I let it breath for about 20 min or so and agree great value for sure! Floral, with dark chocolate, prune fruit, smoke and vanilla. Love it with steak or smoky ribs.
Haha, just watched Konstantins blind tasting. The David & Nadia was in it. ) I saw you responded as well. ) Great you highlight the grenache/garnacha. I love that grape, as I adore wines from the southern RhĂ´ne. But I see there a lot of area's where affordable grenache can be found. The Yalumba and Cannonau di Sardegna are real steals. I spend some holidays at the Trasimeno lake. Never had the wine in the tasting though. It was too hot for reds anyway. )
Ill put an aged priorat up against any wine .i love the minerality these wines give you after a few years… well done !
Beckmen is a solid winery with affordable great wines, to sub $90 world class wines.
I just finished a wonderful massena Grenache this evening. It lasted the weekend without issue so oxidised slowly and tasted wonderful.
Thanks Mattheu, great videos and seems like you want to make your niche those blind tasting videos. It's fine. I would like to offer you, with good intentions, my feedback. I like your energy and range of wines. However, your content is often too fast and lacking background, not because lack of knowledge, your blind tastings have way too many wines for the time allotted and the editing is way too fast. Many times it does not allow us to even understand and process the wine name, vintage and its characteristics. Would be more helpful if there would be more information about the wines tasted, your notes without rushing to the next wine. Just slow down and get a new person to edit your contend. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic presentation! I'm learning so much about wine from you, Thank You!
Love the Tres Picos! Great QPR.
This was a fun & entertaining blind tasting video with lots of surprises. As you were revealing the wines I tried to guess their origins, but after 3 or 4 tries, I just decided to enjoy it without any analyzing, ha! 🙂
I do enjoy Garnacha, Grenache and tend to enjoy the more savory, herb-y styles higher acidity ones from the Mediterranean. Though some cool climate ones from Australia and South Africa have also impressed me.
Wow, an Umbrian Garnacha/Grenache coming out as the winner. I thought Umbria was just Sangiovese and Sagrantino; who knew?!
Great video, thank you. Along with Pinot Noir Grenache is my favourite red wine grape. To me it sometimes tastes like a heavier, fuller bodied P N. I have a few bottles of Clarendon Hills Grenache 2005 which I think is a fantastic wine. I didn't know that Cononeau was Grenache so thanks for educating me!
I really enjoyed this video. As a long time Grenache fan, and having had them from just about every country that grows it, I still learned a lot and am tempted to buy several of these wines.I started with CDP (Gardine), then mcLaren Vale (D’Arenberg). I like the way it presents in every region, more recently for me Priorat and Montsant. And I cheered when it was Alan’s Croatian Grenache that took top honor. Of course, it was your palate only but mine is aligned.
I love Grenache. To me, it’s like a supercharged Pinot Noir. Light body but different flavors depending on where it grew.
Could not agree with you more.. An very under appreciated grape indeed…. CDP's are awesome !
Great tasting, indeed. It doesn't feature many wines I can find here, but I'm making eyes at the Tres Picos for a long time. I had the basic Garnacha from Borsao, a REALLY cheap wine, and thought it was legitimately good.
Very useful to get information on Grenache, though.
I'm proud of myself for calling out the Borsao as a spanish wine based on your description – but I thought it would be Priorat or Monsant.
I started to like this grape last year, and I'm deep diving on it ever since. I'll be drinking my first chilean GSM – from Errazuriz – this year, and I'll buy one from Valencia as well. And I have a Cotes de Tablas aging in my cellar.
Australia has some of the oldest Grenache. They are typically old-vine, un-trellised and dry grown (no irrigation). When made with care, some whole bunch usage, the wines are closer to Pinot Noir with marked red berry character and elegance.
You have a interesting way to pronounce Chateauneuf, dropping the "eau". Like chat-neuf-du-pop. 🙂