WTN: (For Jenise) Two Vintners Cinsault

So, we were out to dinner tonight after a long day at work, and the wine specials at the gastropub where we're eating are from Two Vintners*, a Grenache Blanc and the title Cinsault from the Yakima Valley. I got a glass of it to go with my pasta dish and it was actually fairly interesting: medium-to-light bodied, good acidity, varietally correct spicy-berry fruit, no presence of NFO but at 14.5% ABV the alcohol did stick out enough that a second glass wasn't warranted. I'd be interested to try the white at some point in the future.

* The reason these wines were on the menu here in the midst of flyover country is that the winemaker hails from this town, apparently.

It's been a few years, but I used to enjoy their grenache blanc. They were among the first to make this single variety in WA.

[Jenise]

John, someone who claimed to know the other day said only three are making it here. I would have thought more, but if that's a case it's a shame. It does well here and II Vintners is very good. Mark, too bad about the alcohol on the Cinsault. I absolutely love that grape as a single variety, but few do it.

[David M. Bueker]

Checks alcohol on bottles of Turley Cinsault…

[David M. Bueker]

14%