Torbreck, Hillside Vineyard Grenache Vintage:2020 Outcrops of diatomaceous earth and

Outcrops of diatomaceous earth and rocky soils dominate Radian and ultimately help define the type of fruit the vines yield

From a flavor perspective

Initially a bit brooding

This beauty should amply reward a decade of cellar time

autumn leaves

Torbreck, Hillside Vineyard Grenache Vintage:2020 Outcrops of diatomaceous earth andThe 2020 Hillside Vineyard Grenache yielded around half of its normal tonnage in 2020. The flowering in the spring of 2019 was affected by heavy winds that shattered bunches across the region. The season that followed was warm and dry, and I have found the best wines from this vintage are very good indeed. Here, the 2020 Hillside Vineyard Grenache is aromatically fresh and red fruited, with none of the pomegranate molasses sumac notes present in the