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Grenache
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Also known as Garnacha in Spain and Cannonau in Sardinia, Grenache is well-suited to a variety of warm climates throughout the world -- from southern France to Australia and California. Grenache thrives in such conditions and is late-ripening, usually ripening a couple of weeks after Cabernet Sauvignon. The grape is thought to have originated in Sardinia and was brought to Spain by subjects of the Crown of Aragon who controlled Sardinia. From Spain it then crossed the Pyrenees to southern France. Vigorous and versatile, Grenache can be used to make rosés, jug wines, fortified sweet wines, and complex dry reds depending on how and where it is grown. Grenache is hardy, woody and wind-resistant, often growing as a bush vine. In the Priorat region of Spain and France’s Chaeauneuf-du-Pape, the poor soils and low yields produce concentrated, complex wines worthy of aging. These better examples may have notes of black currants, black cherries, black olives, coffee, gingerbread, honey, leather, black pepper, tar, roasted nuts and figs. The dry rosés of Lirac and Tavel with flavors of strawberries and cream are among the best in the world. Grenache can also be used to make port-like sweet dessert wines, especially in Australia. |
Rosé/Blush Wine
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Rosés are often underrated amongst their red and white counterparts, and have been gaining in popularity in recent years. These wines can be a wonderfully refreshing change of pace to your everyday red or white. A rosé may be produced in one of three ways, though only the first two ways are typically used. The first method is used when the winemaker's primary focus is to make a rosé. In this case, the skins of the crushed grapes -- which are responsible for producing the color in wines -- are allowed to remain in contact with the juice for a short period of time, though not throughout fermentation as is the case with red wines. This method imparts some of the red coloring of the skin, but by removing the skins before fermentation it removes the tannins and other compounds typical of a red wine, leaving behind a blush wine with characteristics more typical of a white wine. The second method for producing roses is the through the fermentation of excess juice (or must) from a red wine. Winemakers may wish to make their red wines more tannic and intense in both color and flavor. When that's the case, they sometimes will remove some of the pink juice from the wine at an early stage in fermentation. That juice is then sometimes fermented on its own to create a rosé. And the final method for creating a rosé, which is rather uncommon and discouraged, is a simple blend of red and white wines. This method is actually forbidden by law in France, with the exception of Champagne. |
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Argiolas SerraLori
2012 / 750 ml.
Italy | Sardinia | Isola dei NuraghiItem #29800Buy 2012 Argiolas SerraLori, a blush wine from Isola dei Nuraghi in Sardinia in Italy, at WineTransit.com Learn More -
Château de Ségriès Tavel
2009 / 750 ml.
France | Southern Rhône | TavelItem #19223Buy 2009 Chateau de Segries Tavel, a blush wine from Tavel in Southern Rhone in Rhone in France, at WineTransit.com Learn MoreLimited inventory.
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Delatour Cuvée Premier Grenache Rosé
2011 / 750 ml.
France | Vin de Pays | Vin de Pays d’OcItem #30042Buy 2011 Delatour Cuvee Premier Grenache Rose, a blush wine from Vin de Pays d'Oc in Vin de Pays in France, at WineTransit.com Learn More -
Domaine de la Mordorée Côtes-du-Rhône Rosé “La Dame Rousse”
2012 / 750 ml.
France | Rhône | Côtes du RhôneItem #26396Buy 2012 Domaine de la Mordoree Cotes-du-Rhone Rose "La Dame Rousse", a blush wine from Cotes du Rhone in Rhone in France, at WineTransit.com Learn More -
Domaine du Père Caboche Rosé
2011 / 750 ml.
France | Vin de Pays de Méditerranée | Vin de Pays du VaucluseItem #31644Buy 2011 Domaine du Pere Caboche Rose, a blush wine from Vin de Pays du Vaucluse in Vin de Pays de Mediterranee in Vin de Pays in France, at WineTransit.com Learn More -
Domaine Pélaquié Tavel
2011 / 750 ml.
France | Southern Rhône | TavelItem #36699Buy 2011 Domaine Pelaquie Tavel, a blush wine from Tavel in Southern Rhone in Rhone in France, at WineTransit.com Learn MoreLimited inventory.
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Franzia First Crush White Grenache
5.0 L. box
Item #22764Buy Franzia First Crush White Grenache, a blush wine from , at WineTransit.com Learn More
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