Fresh picked strawberry, blooming lavender, crisp red cherry. Wild blueberry, ocean air, juicy Santa Rosa plum. Strikingly pure and pretty suggestions of red licorice, pomegranate, raspberry, and orange peel effortlessly whirl with expressive elegance while bolstered in complexity by perfumed wafts of sage and potpourri. Delicate notes of incense, cherry blossom, and red roses emerge to further enhance captivating aromatics as flecks of spearmint and manzanita gracefully impart herbal and natural charms. A faint dusting of coriander appears within layers of lifted yet dainty spice without detracting from impressions of clean salinity, sandy earth, and marine-influenced terroir. Stunningly fragrant and expansive on the nose while remaining soft, silky, and weightless on the palate; exhibiting outstanding freshness and restraint presented with astounding refinement and crystalline purity. Medium in body with moderate tannin backed by bright and lively acidity. This 2018 Estate Grenache by Folded Hills is a dynamic, distinct, and delicious red from Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley.

Though Grenache is capable of producing exceptionally rich and concentrated wine when grown in sunshine-filled hot climates, this legendary French and Spanish variety can also make delightfully delicate and almost Pinot Noir-like wine when it is planted in more marginal regions. This bottling, crafted by Folded Hills using Grenache grown at their coastal Santa Barbara estate vineyard, showcases an unexpected and excitingly unique cool climate take this legendary dark-skinned grape. This wine practically leaps from the glass with a bouquet of astoundingly aromatic yet delicate red fruit complimented by perfumed floral tones, fresh herbs, and subtle spice. It is almost ethereal in its expansiveness while simultaneously remaining remarkably elegant and fresh, somehow coming across as fun and lighthearted yet still genuinely complex and serious. Extremely impressive.