Sunday, July 26, 2009

2007 Barrel 27 GRENACHE "Rock and a Hard Place" (Santa Barbara County, Cal.)


Very nearly outstanding. A very big, full flavored mouthful.


Nearly fully-saturated blood/ruby. Fragrant nose of dry raspberry syrup, yeasty notes, toasty baking spices, and dry stones. Concentrated, full-bodied, with focused flavors of port-like fruit (but dry) and tons of crushed stones. Excellent length. If these grapes had been harvested just a hair earlier, this wine would have been even better. I think the fruit would have veered away from its port-like quality more towards raspberry and it would have been even better with just a bit more acidity. What the heck do I know, though? I'm just a dang lawyer. I still liked it enough to give it a 90.
Was $24 at Spec's on Smith.

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