Casa Dumetz 2014 Larner Grenache (Ballard Canyon)

Country: US

Province: California

Region: Ballard Canyon

Variety: Grenache

Winery: Casa Dumetz

Points: 90

Taster: Matt Kettmann

The most reserved of this winery’s Grenache studies, this bottling shows baked red cherry, red currant, cola and slate on the nose. An iron-based minerality shows on the earthy palate, which also offers chipped slate, cranberry and tart cherry elements. It’s a tad light but still intriguingly textured.