GRENACHE

“The 2022 Cimento Grenache comes from the Orselli Vineyard was stored in 50% new French oak before bottling. The wine has a range of clonal selections as well as multiple rootstock and training methods at this site. This is wonderfully pure, showing a light stony essence as well as bright red fruits with citrus rind, blood orange zest, charcuterie and stony minerals. The mouth-watering acidity is astonishingly good. A world-class wine, enjoy now and over the next decade. Drink 2024-2034”
99 points, Owen Bargreen

The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater AVA
Orselli Estate Vineyard
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100% Grenache
Destemmed, Stainless Steel Fermentation, 25-day maceration
Native Yeast, Minimal Intervention
Elevage 16 months in 50% new oak
Bottled Unfined and Unfiltered
66 cases produced
The first harvest from this new estate vineyard for Cimento
$225

“Tasted in barrel last year, the 2023 Grenache Orselli Estate Vineyard finished wine is as good as expected, including 6% Carignan, 4% Syrah, 3% Mourvèdre, and 2% Cinsault, all destemmed and native-fermented in concrete. Meaty garrigue and iron complement prettier aspects of lavender and fresh plum, the fruit densely layered around medium-bodied concentration, enduring acidity, and spicy undertones. There are only 133 cases of this well-balanced, complex, and age-worthy wine.”
97 points, Jeb Dunnuck

“A barrel sample of the 2024 Grenache Orselli Estate Vineyard is as good as the 2023, though sourced from different clones, including some Alban Rayes clones for the first time. Nearly all Grenache, it offers a more substantial, muscular style, with plenty of meat on the bones and a lasting note of tomato leaf. Native-fermented in concrete 21% whole-cluster, it enjoyed an 18-month élevage in 38% new French oak. This will be a beauty on release.”
96-98 points, Jeb Dunnuck