Peppery and Plummy

2003 T Vine Grenache
Napa Valley
Jen’s Notes
$27.00

This wine boasted classic Grenache aromas of sweet, ripe berries. Initially, the palate was tight. Although the wine did continue to open, this was another lesson in patience: T Vines could definitely benefit from bottle age. Even so, we detected a concentrated core of plummy, dark fruit layered over peppery tannins. Hints of smoke rounded out the palate. Although I love the juicy, wildly fruity Grenaches, I truly enjoyed the refined elegance of T Vine's. You take it a bit more seriously, but it's still quite a lot of fun.