Fruity intensity and saline minerality leap out, this wine is a touch shy on opening but revels in its fruity depths as it reveals itself, showing violet, dried lavender and gorgeous red strawberry flesh. The 2023 vintage of Tablas Creek Grenache marks the 15th vintage for this variety from the Paso Robles, Rhône devotees. It shows a great freshnness and balance on the palate, with full, purple fruit flavours, a mix of desert scrub and white pepper corn it finishes with a balance of berries and peppery spice.

A savory expression of grenache with depth, spices and a meaty quality not typically found in the variety in Paso. Punched-up minerality and taut acidity make for a crunchy mouthfeel, but there is still plenty of berry and cherry fruit for friendliness. Fascinating and long. Drink or hold, but best after 2026.

The 2023 Grenache, resulting from both unusually high yields and exceptional quality for its variety this harvest, sets a benchmark for the region and exemplifies the grape's profile when handled with balance. It offers a weightlessly intense and fragrant nose of perfectly ripe red fruits, fresh herbs, dried citrus rinds and anise, leading to a polished, tensile and buoyant palate. The wine ends with a long, soaring finish driven by fresh acidity and chalky tannins, then lingers with retronasal perfume. Fortunately, 2,100 cases were produced this vintage, roughly double the normal amount.

Quite light in the glass, this bottling offers subtle yet alluring aromqas of crumpled purple flowers, crunchy plum and light pepper on the nose. The palate's tart strawberry and ripe red plum flavors are paired with blood orange peel and a wet clay minerality, reminding how elegantly ethereal this often very ripe grape can be. — Matt Kettmann

The 2023 Grenache displays a lovely savoriness as dried strawberries mix with peppery herbs and dusty violet tones. A balanced inner sweetness and creamy feel are present, yet the wine remains lifted and spry as ripe blackberry fruits slowly saturate. Slightly chewy and gently tannic, it finishes with wonderful length and hints of licorice and spice. Frankly speaking, I would never peg this cool-toned and precise Grenache as a child of Paso Robles. Beautifully done. - Eric Guido