red grape
Garnacha (Grenache)
Ancient Spanish variety (Aragón origin), spread across the Mediterranean as Grenache
Late-ripening, drought-hardy bush vine that loves hot, dry, windy sites; thin-skinned and generous in sugar, modest in colour and tannin.
Structure tendencies
- body
- medium-plus to full
- tannin
- low to medium
- acidity
- medium-minus to medium
- alcohol
- medium to high
tendencies in prose, as read by critics/consensus — not measured ordinals
Classic descriptors
fruit
raspberry
in your cellar: 6 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Laroque 2022Château Pontet-Canet 2022wild strawberry
in your cellar: 1 bottleBodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015plum
in your cellar: 14 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Gloria 2022Château Gloria 2020Château Laroque 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022floral & herbal
dried herbs
in your cellar: 8 bottlesMayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019L'Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Château Larmande 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Château Laroque 2022Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016Château Pontet-Canet 2022oak & spice
baking spice
in your cellar: 9 bottlesLes Forts de Latour 2017Château Pontet-Canet 2021Château Feytit-Clinet 2015Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2016Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005Mayacamas Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2019Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino 2010Massolino Barolo 2016tertiary
dried fig
in your cellar: 2 bottlesChâteau Léoville-Poyferré 2005Bodegas Manzanos Gran Reserva Rioja 2015In Rioja blends Garnacha contributes ripe red fruit, alcohol warmth, and roundness alongside Tempranillo's structure; most planted in Rioja Oriental, where Bodegas Manzanos is based.