2015 Paul Lato Grenache Lumiere Larner Vineyard
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The 2015 Grenache Lumiere Larner Vineyard features a medium garnet-purple color and bombastic nose of spicy black cherries, plum preserves and Christmas cake over notions of Indian spices, cardamom and dusty earth. The big, voluptuous, full-bodied palate does not fail to deliver the rich fruit and exotic spice goods, with some provocative perfumed earth layers coming through on the long finish.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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The 2015 Grenache Lumiere comes from the Larner Vineyard and will see 20 months in 30% new French oak. Black raspberries, blueberries, potpourri and ample spice notes give way to a rich, full-bodied, seamless beauty that has ripe tannin, a touch more flesh than the Bien Nacido cuvée, and ripe tannin. It too is a smoking good Grenache to drink over the coming 7-8 years. Readers should check out the Santa Barbara County: The Classic 2014s and Variable 2015s to read the reviews on Latos Pinot Noir and Chardonnays.