La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Enderle & Moll 2021s Produttori del Barbaresco isn't just

Produttori del Barbaresco isn't just another cooperative

the finish stony and unbuffered and still gaining as you swallow

It's a thinking person's white

a long rest on the lees — but almost nobody outside France has caught on

Forget whatever you associate with supermarket Sauvignon Blanc: Savage ferments and ages this in a mix of stainless steel

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Enderle & Moll 2021s Produttori del Barbaresco isn't justIan 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.