2006 Eno Wines Grenache “Yes, Dear…” Eaglepoint Ranch- USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County (6/3/2009)
Bright berry/citrus nose, smoked strawberries in the mouth with good cut, nice balance. Tiniest bit of heat as it warmed, but this is good stuff. Hubba, hubba. (91 pts.)
Sasha does a great job with Eaglepoint Ranch fruit. Sadly, 2008 was his last year with the vineyard since he is only going to make Pinot or Syrah this year. Good news though…>Ed Kurtzman is getting the Eaglepoint fruit. While sad that Sasha won’t be getting it, I am excited to see what Ed does with Grenache…You go EZ-Mother f***in E.
I’d hardly call it a done deal, but I’m hoping I can get some of this fruit. Casey and I traded a phone message each, but we haven’t spoken live yet. I love what Sasha did with the Eaglepoint Grenache.
I was doing some computer work at home last week and had ESPN on in the background. They were showing a semi-final round of the national spelling bee. I’d estimate that 90% of the contestants spelled their words correctly and made it to the finals, at least while I was watching. Then this one 12 year old boy (give or take a year) was asked to spell Grenache. The moderater repeatedly pronounced it as if it were spelled Granache, so that’s how the boy spelled it–and was of course eliminated from the tourney.