La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 SO20231114 open this one and reconsider

open this one and reconsider

Vins Raventós is the still-wine project of the Raventós family

Plants age 7 to 9 years

and patient barrel time are Byron's signatures

native-yeast fermentation in 350- and 500-liter barrels

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 SO20231114 open this one and reconsiderIan Brand has spent a decade making the same argument: California's Central Coast is a far better home for Spanish and Rhone grapes than anyone gives it credit for. La Marea "the tide" is where he tests it, with wines rooted in sea air, sandy soils and ancient seabeds. His Grenache runs in the opposite direction from the jammy, high alcohol version the grape usually gets here: light on its feet, transparent, built around freshness rather than force.