Samsara Black Oak Vineyard Grenache, Santa Ynez Valley,USA

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The only dud in the lineup is the 2013 Grenache Black Oak, which saw 100% stems and two years in neutral wood. Its evolved ruby color is followed by attractive notes of dried cherries, spice and cedar. This gives way to a medium-bodied, firm, linear Grenache that has some worrying dry tannin. Give bottles a year to see if the tannin sweetens up, but I suspect this will need to be drunk up.

Looking at the Grenaches, which clearly struggled in the cooler vintage, the 2011 Grenache Black Oak, which was fermented with 100% whole cluster and aged in neutral oak, comes from sandy soils and wasn’t harvest until mid-November. White pepper, underbrush, kirsch and dried flowers all emerge here and this medium-bodied, savory Grenache has edgy, firm tannin on the finish. Drink 2014-2018. This is a great lineup by Chad Melville. Neutral oak, no SO2 until racking, varying degrees of whole cluster, native yeasts and a very cold cellar are the name of the game here and these are have individual, unique profiles. They also remain reasonably priced given the quality. These are all impressive wines and well worth checking out! Tel. (805) 331-2292; www.samsarawine.com