Terre Rouge, "Tête-à-Tête" GSM - 2016

Name: Terre Rouge, "Tête-à-Tête" GSM
Brand: Terre Rouge
SKU: 44908
Price: 26.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 44908 750 mL

Made from high elevations vines averaging 30 years of age from several plots in the Sierra Foothills, Bill Easton carefully crafts this Southern Rhône blend. Grenache, with Syrah and Mourvèdre are hand-harvested, stainless steel-fermented, and age for 17 months in old Burgundy barrels, He releases his wine when he deems it ready to drink. Pair with lamb shashlik.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2016

Country

USA

Region

California

Sub-Region

Sierra Foothills

Producer

Terre Rouge

Grape Variety

Grenache

Mourvèdre

Syrah

Production Methods

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Staff Pick Notes

Terre Rouge and Easton Wines was founded in the late 1980s by husband and wife team Bill Easton and Jane O’Riordan Terre Rouge means "Red Earth", aptly describing the granite and volcanic soil that is one of the hallmarks of the Sierra Foothills region.. In 2016 Bill received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rhône Rangers, a group of American winemakers who devoutly promote the use of grape varieties from the Rhône Valley. While the Tete a Tete GSM comes with nearly a decade of maturity in the bottle, this wine is aromatic and fresh on the pallet. The color is a developed deep gernet, the sip is full bodied and long with outstanding plum and cassis character. Subtle oak tone gives this powerful wine an absolutely beautiful presentation. A domestic GSM fit to rival any of our French favorites.

- EC

Glossary

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Mourvèdre

Known as Mataro in California and Monastrell in Spain, Mourvèdre can produce bold, tannic, highly alcoholic red wines. They usually show no shortage of fruit as well, and the best examples keep it all in perfect balance. Rhône-style blends are cropping up all over the world, and one of the classic tried-and-true combinations is "GSM," or Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre. The "M" contributes focus and fleshy character to blends - but Mourvèdre also shines on its own as a varietal wine.

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

Syrah

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...