Jemrose Vineyards Estate 2008 Foggy Knoll Grenache - 2 Pack
$59.99 + $5 shipping
CONDITION: Red
PRODUCT: 2 2008 Foggy Knoll Grenache
CT link above

Winery website

Now this sounds good!

http://www.vinography.com/archives/2010/01/jemrose_wines_bennet_valley_ca.html

nice article on Jemrose.

First sucker: jmdavidsonSpeed to first woot: 4m 35.160sLast wooter to woot: jmdavidson

Would prefer to think of it as first intelligent one...not sucker.

Seems like the only thing missing here is the black-tie!

CT suggests hold a few years. Is Michael with us and could comment how this will age? Trying to decide to go with one or two.

Dangit... I just ordered one of these, but for some reason my pre-set Wine.Woot shipping info was set to CA instead of NC. Just wrote to the Wine.Woot gods make sure that gets changed. This looks like a luscious wine that will be most pleasing!

Is this a grenache.off???

This is one rocking Grenache, folks! Jim and Gloria Mack, who own the vineyard, are meticulous caretakers who look towards old-world wine regions for inspiration. And what more needs to be said of Michael Browne - well known for his work at Kosta Browne, he is a consummate professional who knows how to coax the best out of the fruit he works with.

Though I'm not Michael of Jim, my guess is that these wines, though enjoyable know with a good decant, will best be consumed with a few more years of bottle age on them . . .

Cheers!

rjquillin wrote:Seems like the only thing missing here is the black-tie!

CT suggests hold a few years. Is Michael with us and could comment how this will age? Trying to decide to go with one or two.

Hi its Jim Mack of Jemrose. Michael is in the middle of harvest and will not be online. Glad to be part of this special Grenache Day and the Rhone Rangers. This wine can be drunk now with some airing but can easily hold for 2-3 years and more. It has great structure underneath the silkiness of the palate.

Chinaguy00 wrote:Is this a grenache.off???

You're just now realizing this? It's only been on the twitter ticker over there on the right all day. And the voicemail has been all about how this is Grenache day...

sounds great but too pricey for me. lookslike the offers are increasing in price as the woot off goes on. waiting for a "great catch" under $15...

texacaliali wrote:Thanks for joining in today Jim. I pulled a cork last night, what a pleasure! Loved the layers of dark fruit, herbs, minerality with a hint of spice. A very complex Grenache. Definitely looking forward to tasting this later tonight with some grilled lamb chops for sure ( and buying a few pks for the cellar!).

How is harvest looking for Jemrose this year?

In for one. The mention on herbs de Provence and minerality got me.

cheron98 wrote:You're just now realizing this? It's only been on the twitter ticker over there on the right all day. And the voicemail has been all about how this is Grenache day...

My bad, been busy traveling and was so excited to see a wine.woot.off didn't read the details!

neilfindswine wrote:Thanks for joining us Jim! What can you tell us about the Foggy Knoll vineyard as a growing site? Is it only planted with Grenache?

The Foggy Knoll Vineyard is a hillside block on the Jemrose Estate that is at about 900' elevation with a Southern sun exposure. Bennett Valley is a very cool climate so ripening Grenache is always a challenge but we crop to one cluster per shoot well before veraison and have the benefit of the slope facing south. We picked our Grenache the last week of October in this vintage.

texacaliali wrote:Thanks for joining in today Jim. I pulled a cork last night, what a pleasure! Loved the layers of dark fruit, herbs, minerality with a hint of spice. A very complex Grenache. Definitely looking forward to tasting this later tonight with some grilled lamb chops for sure ( and buying a few pks for the cellar!).

How is harvest looking for Jemrose this year?

We had a very slow start with a cool damp spring but things are catching up quickly with some great weather this month. I am very optimistic about the current flavor development so if we can hold off on rain in October we should be good.

Glad you enjoyed the wine!

Have to check out for a bit but will try to catch up in about an hour. Thanks for the nice comments.

And now I feel like Woot is mocking Marylanders. The next one that ships to Maryland try and let us know before it sells out. Grumble grumble

Jim, what are your favorite food pairings for this wine?

I lived in Bennett Valley when I lived in Santa Rosa...I loved living there, great place.

GEEZ Woot.. can you at least ship out the stuff from your last wootoff before posting more stuff for me to spend my money on? NOT COOL

Thank you for the comments from all the wine makers. In for one for sure. It would be cool, no pun intended, if we could have the option of the 7 dollar shipping as temps here are in the 90's, but apparently it isn't holding me back from pulling the trigger!

I'm sensing a theme to today's woot-off ... but I can't quite put my finger on it.

All kidding aside ... WD, when is the black tie Cabernet woot-off? I need to save some money up for that

Popped my wine.woot cherry with this purchase. I've never had a grenache, but this seemed like a good one to start with!

Looks too good to pass up!

spdrcr05 wrote:I'm sensing a theme to today's woot-off ... but I can't quite put my finger on it.

All kidding aside ... WD, when is the black tie Cabernet woot-off? I need to save some money up for that

National Granache day!

sonorguy wrote:Popped my wine.woot cherry with this purchase. I've never had a grenache, but this seemed like a good one to start with!

Granache is my favorite varietal. When done well of course. And this one looks good. Will this compare with one from Priorat? One way to find out!

Why do I think this is the one I wanted today....yet I missed it.

klezman wrote:Why do I think this is the one I wanted today....yet I missed it.

For my sake...I'm hoping you did miss out. However, I do feel bad that you missed out on what might be the best Grenache of the day!

My wallet is also hoping that there aren't any better Grenache offerings today...