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2021 Gallica Grenache Rossi Ranch Sonoma County 750 ml
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A Master Winemaker’s Brilliant Grenache
Some of the top wines in Napa Valley wear their prestige on their sleeve. But some of the greatest bottles we’ve ever experienced play things a little closer to the vest.
The 2021 Gallica Grenache Rossi Ranch is in the latter category. It’s NOT a late-picked showboat designed to win a 100-point score. It’s not from a winery whose name is plastered all over magazines. But if you’ve ever gotten goosebumps from a graceful bottle of Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon or a great vintage of Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape, this vibrant Grenache will speak to you.
Gallica is the passion project of Rosemary Cakebread, one of Napa’s most accomplished crafters of Cabernet Sauvignon. She’s one of the reasons Spottswoode Winery—where she made wine for over a decade—enjoys such a stellar reputation. With over 40 harvests under her belt, she enjoys just as much esteem in the Valley.
In 2021 she tapped Rossi Ranch, a California Certified Organic Vineyard in Sonoma County, for her Grenache. Cakebread was drawn to the site’s infertile soils, where flecks of obsidian dot streaks of ashy, volcanic dirt, causing the vines to suffer for their fruit. She used no new oak in this wine’s upbringing—simply letting the beautiful black cherry, plum, cocoa, and graphite flavors shine through. Lush and fruit-forward in the mouth, there’s a filigreed tannic structure that persists in the long-lasting finish. Pair this with roast lamb studded with garlic, rosemary, and lavender buds, and be transported.