La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 SPS21 The tropical Goa climate accelerates

The tropical Goa climate accelerates maturation in ex-bourbon barrels—what takes a decade in Scotland happens faster in India's heat

making the final blend significantly more elegant

so it is worth grabbing when you see it

worked for texture rather than restraint

Organic and biodynamic

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 SPS21 The tropical Goa climate acceleratesIan Brand has spent a decade making the same argument: California's Central Coast is a far better home for Spanish and Rhone grapes than anyone gives it credit for. La Marea "the tide" is where he tests it, with wines rooted in sea air, sandy soils and ancient seabeds. His Grenache runs in the opposite direction from the jammy, high alcohol version the grape usually gets here: light on its feet, transparent, built around freshness rather than force.