La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne or what to pair them

or what to pair them with—they can be enjoyed for their pure unbridled deliciousness

Trained at Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Prieure-Roch

(It was called Claret until the Bordeaux wine council sent a letter asking them to stop

Valdiguie is the grape California spent decades calling Napa Gamay - a misidentification finally corrected by a French ampelographer in 1980

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne or what to pair themIan Brand has spent a decade making the same argument: California's Central Coast is a far better home for Spanish and Rhone grapes than anyone gives it credit for. La Marea "the tide" is where he tests it, with wines rooted in sea air, sandy soils and ancient seabeds. His Grenache runs in the opposite direction from the jammy, high alcohol version the grape usually gets here: light on its feet, transparent, built around freshness rather than force.