Community Tasting Note
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DevenStephens Likes this wine: 93 points
December 13, 2023 - Grenache blind tasting of the world! Comparing Grenache from Australia, France, USA and Spain.
Order served blind was:
#1 Ochota Barrels Grenache The Fugazi 2021 (90pts)
#2 Domaine Giraud Grenache de Pierre 2019 (94pts)
#3 Cayuse God Only Knows Grenache 2019 (93pts)
#4 Alto Moncayo Garnacha 2020 (92pts)
Also included my points for each so you know where I ranked them.
Here are my notes for the Cayuse God Only Knows:
Light red color. Nose is incredible, if you've had Cayuse before you'd recognize it immediately. That barnyard funk, dry aged meat and canned mushrooms (my sister found this note and its undeniably that). Palate was a tad bitter at first and needed a couple hours to smooth out the rough edges. Still incredibly funky and extremely unique. Barnyard, meaty, mushrooms and forest floor. This was better with food honestly and the only thing showing that this is grenache is the light red fruits hidden under all the weird but interesting notes. As unique as this was, I can't give it that high a score. It's good but tries to impress by being the weird one and comes off as pretentious. I'd be really curious on trying this one with some age.2 people found this helpful 1,315 views
2 Comments
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Fugu Me commented:
12/13/23, 3:41 PM - Good notes and it sounds like a great tasting event. In my experience, the GOK benefits greatly from either a lot of air in its youth (better the second day than the first) or with extended bottle age. Age/air tone down the funkier notes and let more fruit show through.
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DevenStephens commented:
12/13/23, 4:50 PM - Yeah! I guessed that it was the case at the end of the evening when it started showing its good side a bit more! I'll try and get some more bottles the next time my local store gets their allocation