Purchased at Whole Foods in Los AngelesThe winemaker, Jorge Ordonez. Sorry Jorge, but I don't like this wine.

Price - $8.99

Alcohol - 14%

Grenache is a grape that is just very pleasing to drink.  It tends to be bright and smooth and can fit just about any occasion.  Many of them come from either Spain or Southern France with my favorites being the ones from Spain, as they tend to be value driven and pleasing to my palate in general.  I'm quite excited to see how this plays out.

Pop and Pour

On the Nose - Dark cherries, flowers (perhaps lilac), raspberry, flower stems

Oh that's too bad.  It seems pretty empty on the palate, in fact at first, I don't taste much at all until the bright cherry flavors take over and evolve into a cherry slash asparagus flavor.  This makes me a little sad.  Hopefully this guy will open up and bring more to the table, but it's really too simple right now.  In fact that green/asparagus flavor seems a little bitter on the finish.

After an Hour

On the Nose - Cherry, alcohol

It seems to have tightened up on the nose (Fewer aromas and weaker ones at that).  This is a complete one man show now, just cherries.  Bright cherries and nothing else.  No finish.  :<

Summary - 82 points

Wow, I'm sorry for talking about how cool Grenache can be and then review such a crapper.  This isn't worth the nine dollars.  Not at any stretch.  Hopefully we'll have better wine coming from Whole Foods, more on par with the Bonarda from last week.

I'm sorry, this isn't my photograph. I've been suffering from sleep problems and ran out of steam tonight. Expect the usual though on Thursday.