Beckmen 2008 Purisima Mountain Vineyard Grenache (Santa Ynez Valley)

Country: US / California
Variety: Grenache
Winery: Beckmen / Purisima Mountain Vineyard

The combination of very high alcohol and what tastes like residual sugar gives this Grenache an excessively sweet, glyceriney taste. It’s fabulously rich in raspberry cream, blackberry jam, mocha, vanilla and cinnamon spice flavors. Very flamboyant and delicious, but really more of a dessert wine than a dry table wine.