I have
to confess: I am kinda afraid of what I am about to do right now! The
facing of personal
fears,
in particular the specific fear towards certain grape varieties, is
one of the most challenging deeds a wine geek can tackle ;-). I’ve
got several fearsome inhibitions! I am scared of off-dry
Pinot Noirs,
those excessively rubber-mawkish
Gamay based
wines, too traditional appearing Dolcetti
and
(unfortunately) of rich
as
well as bluntly expressive
Gewürztraminers.
For sure, there might be other wine oriented aversions. For a start
this is already quite a lot, I suppose. However, not enough! There is
another big 100%
grape anxiety of
mine: Grenache
or
Garnacha (or especially Cannonau)! I know a lot of people like wines
made from this grape. I
like them,
too! However, only as a partner
in
a red
coalition!
In general, pure Grenache is a far too fruitful challenge for my
palate!
Normally! Not today! Today I will face Grenache - or better put,
Garnacha - without a trace of fear or prejudice! Huzzah
...
Comando
(G)arnacha
is a project staged by three friendly oenologists named Fernando
Garcia, Daniel G. Jiménez Landi und Marc Isart. Since 2010 those
three produce several 100% Garnacha wines from hoary vines in Madrid
D.O. All vines are biodynamically cultivated on mostly granite soil
in very elevated (up to 950 m) and isolated vineyards (approx. 3
hectears) in Cadalso de los Vidrios area of Madrid. Comando
G’s
Bruja
Avería 2012 is
the entry level Garnacha of their portfolio. Others Garnachas from
single vineyards like La
Mujer Cañón or
Rumbo
al Norte summit
in concentration, quality and most definitely in price. I hade the
opportunitiy to try all of them. Today, I guess I will be quite
satisfied with the following one …
