2001 Alban Vineyards Grenache Alban Estate Vineyard
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 - Cellared from release, 15.8% abv, opened in bottle for an hour. I think this is the first time I've ever had this vintage? Been awhile since I've had an Alban Grenache(2000 3yrs ago)...in their youth, they were painfully tart and acidic, and in need of serious time to come together. The 99 was never drinkable, but in 2012 finally came around, and blossomed into a real beauty! This 2001 is definitely softer on the acidity side comp to the 99...but still has a beautiful freshness of tart crancherry and raspberry vibrancy. Ample acidity...but totally integrated....big and ripe Alban style liqueured fruits, showing more to the red spectrum(and surprisingly some transparency) than the black hole Syrah. Wonderful complexities of licorice, cherry wood spice, dried red flower florals...very slight sweet asphalt...aged leather...lot of Bing cherry and kirsch in this...REALLY like the brightness...reminds me of a Rayas in a warmer year. Drinking fantastic right now, with plenty more good years ahead.
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Comment posted by seijaro:
9/5/2019 5:01:00 PM - Great review. Our first vintage of Alban Grenache was the 2005 at a restaurant in Delray Beach, Florida... it knocked us out and made my Top Ten Most Memorable Reds list that goes back as far as 1961 Chateau Beychevelle and 1974 Mondavi Reserve. Wish we could have had a glass of your '01 :)