Seven Oxen Estate Grenache 2017 Paso Robles

Production: 172 Cases Made (nine barrels)

Winemaker: Bastien Leduc

Tasting Notes: Cassidy is Seven Oxen’s Rhône blend of 100% dry-farmed Grenache and is one of Seven Oxen’s signature wines. An easy drinking, crowd pleasing blend. Bright and fruit-forward on the nose with notes of strawberry jam, black pepper, leather and roasted meats. Wild strawberries, raspberries and tobacco on the palate with a smooth tannic finish.

Vineyard: Hand-harvested from the Templeton Gap side of the vineyard, where our Grenache block thrives dry-farmed. 

Winemaking: Our Grenache grapes are hand harvested, destemmed, and then fermented in open top fermenters for approximately 15 days, with daily punchdowns twice daily and then once daily until fermentation was complete. The 2017 lots of Grenache is aged for approximately 18 months in 100% neutral French oak barrels.