Staysail Cellars Grenache

Tasting notes & discussion 29

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Vintage 2020 from the Templeton Gap (Paso Robles)
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About Staysail Cellars: “While I [Matt McDermaid] was starting my MBA program, I also began working full time at the Meeker Vineyard in Healdsburg, CA in both their cellar and in their tasting room. During my first harvest at Meeker, I was inspired to start making my own wine and start my own label. Since then, I have completed my MBA at Sonoma State, been admitted to the Graduate Winemaking Program at UC Davis and continue to work at Meeker where I also supervise Staysail’s production on the side.”

Hollyhock

TASTING NOTES: “After initially smelling this wine you are greeted with a quartet fruit aromas ranging from candied alpine strawberries, red currants, blackberries and the slightest hint of raspberries. Once the initial quartet of fruits starts to tamper down, you are next introduced to notes of baking spices, dried violets, and the slightest hint of bacon fat on the back end of the pallet. The tannins are subtle, but provide enough balance and structure to the wine that allow it to accompany almost any protein in a meal. Lastly the wines acidity provides a refreshing throughline that lead you a long lingering finish that leave you wanting another sip.“ (AbV 15.1%, pH 3.56, TA 6.1 g/L)

BARRELS: 24 months in neutral French oak.

PAIRS WITH: N/A

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:

Hollyhock refers to plants in the genus Alcea found in Europe and Asia! Although there is something called the streambank wild hollyhock in America, it is not of the same genus. Cool. The confusion doesn’t end with that, though. In Kyoto, there is the Aoi Matsuri, a festival centered around the aoi plant. People also call it the Hollyhock Festival. But aoi I guess isn’t actually hollyhock either? Some sort of wild ginger that’s in the birthwort family? So many things can be called hollyhock while not technically being hollyhock.

Staysail Cellars Grenache

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