La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne 5-hectare estate

5-hectare estate

the platonic ideal of Mosel Riesling

Valdiguie is the grape California spent decades calling Napa Gamay - a misidentification finally corrected by a French ampelographer in 1980

the lucky recipient will get two exceptional bubblies delivered to their doorstep every month sampling the region’s most expressive wines and following its most exciting developments

(It was called Claret until the Bordeaux wine council sent a letter asking them to stop

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne 5-hectare estateIan 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.