Analemma Wines, Mosier Hills Grenache 2018, Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Tasting Note: An Oregon grenache filled with supple red-fruit and lovely aromatics.

Medium-intensity ruby in color, this wine has an aromatic, medium-plus-intensity nose of strawberry, red cherry, raspberry, red currant and rosehip.

On the palate the dry, medium-bodied grenache has medium-plus-intensity, red-fruit flavors suggested on the nose supported by medium acidity and ripe, medium tannin ultimately completing with a medium-plus finish.

Ripe in style, there are some forest floor elements that undergird the wine.

Delicious.

The 17-year-old Columbia Gorge AVA is a bi-state AVA that straddles Oregon and Washington.

This area, which is the wind-surfing capital of the U.S., experiences a cooling effect due to a gap in the Cascade Mountains.

Analemma Wines focuses on Spanish varietals like this grenache, and they were also the first winery to plant mencia in Oregon.

This wine was submitted for review.