Grenache blanc

But we also see, uh, Cinsaut and Carménère, and this sort of makes up the core of, like, basically the red wines and a lot of the rosé wine production that we see throughout this region.

There's also the white varieties, Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne, and Rolle, which we usually label as Vermentino in Australia.

You also see it as an Italian grape varietal.

These guys won't come up so much in this episode.

Yeah.

I m- um, yeah, I, I remember yesterday when I was trying the, uh, pinot blanc, uh, no, the grenache, uh, gris, grenache blanc.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, we had three vintages, and m- my comment was like, it just...

And give me the lineup if you're gonna l- Where, where is the...

How many brands do you want? How many varietals do you wanna have under the Popelouchum label?

Well, the, the label, the grapes we're growing presently are we've got Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache Noir, Pinot Noir, uh, uh, Tiburón, Ruch- Ruché, um- In addition, we have some Roussanne, and, um, we're planting, planning to plant some Aligote, uh, some Rus- some, uh, Nebbiolo Rosé, um, some Cornalin, um, some Serene.

Um, there's probably a couple others that I'm-

Um, we've, we've taken a, a pretty long approach on Sauvignon Blanc.

Uh, uh, Grenache Blanc we're looking at.

Assyrtiko we're looking at.

Um, from a red variety standpoint, we haven't landed on anything yet, uh, because right now we're actually in holding patterns with red varieties because they're, they're at a pretty static market, um, position.

But we tore it out two years ago, and we're going to replant an acre of Merlot that I might plant later.

Petit Syrah, Morvedra, Grenache Blanc.

I'm debating whether or not we should plant that.

But anyways, so we're not growing Merlot at the moment.

That has the right textures, but it's gonna clash with the warmth of the flavors.

So my recommendation would be a Côtes du Rhône Blanc, especially if it has Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Clarette.

These are fuller bodied.

They often have nutty, lemon, pear, herbal notes, and they can complement the sweet potato so perfectly.

Yeah.

Anyways, this is 50%, roughly 50% Grenache Green, Grenache Blanc, fermented in older barrels to dryness and put through malolactic.

And I don't know if it's a great, great, great wine, but it's pretty damn good wine.

I really like it.