L’Autre means “the other one”. This is our top Rhône varietal blend. The Grenache for L’Autre is high-end clonal material from the Southern Rhône Valley Tat is grown in one of our cooler sites in Southern El Dorado County. The soils are decomposed granite and are similar to what Grenache prefers in parts of the Southern Rhône like Gigondas, and in Spain’s Sierra Gredos. The Mourvèdre is blended from several sites we work with in El Dorado and Amador counties. The Syrah in the blend is from the estate-grown DTR Ranch in Fiddletown. Tis 2014 is very elegant, complex, and lively. It shows Grenache savory plum and black cherry flavors, coupled with Mourvèdre’s smoky gaminess, and and a bit of richness and punch from the Syrah component. This is a dead ringer for a top Southern Rhône, say a Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Gigondas. (75% Grenache, 17% Mourvèdre & 8% Syrah)