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Audioblog 9: Garnacha Tinta/Red Grenache

Wine for Normal People

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Garnacha, or Grenache is known by many but appreciated on its own by few. This time I talk about the grape and where to get the best of it. For the transcript and more detail please go to winefornormalpeople.com/blog

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Wine for Normal People Audio blog. It's a quick reading of post from the Wine for Normal People

0:15.1

Bloc to satisfy your wine dorkery needs between our longer podcasts. I'm Elizabeth Schneider,

0:21.5

certified Somelier, certified specialist of wine and chief normal wine person of wine for normal people.

0:28.0

You can find the written versions and links to these audio blogs as well as post comments on mine for

0:34.4

normal people dot com forward slash blog with that let's get started

0:40.8

got a nacha in the shadows no more.

0:47.0

Let's say you had a friend whom you loved in a group setting but whom alone you found to be over the top

0:54.7

obnoxious rude sort of base or even low class try as you may you just couldn't hang out

1:01.9

with a friend on a one-on-one basis and ultimately you decided

1:06.8

that the only thing that would work was to see him in mixed company.

1:11.3

Up until recently this has been the deal with Garnacha Tinta or Red

1:14.8

Grenache as it's more commonly known around the world. Garnacha is seen as

1:19.9

brash, ripening to sugar levels that will yield 16% alcohol with no problem.

1:26.0

Fittingly, it's used to provide alcohol with red fruit flavor to settler and more ponderous

1:31.9

wines like Serra and Movedra.

1:34.4

What's the problem with Garnacha?

1:36.8

Well, I guess I understand.

1:38.3

Garnach is not without issues.

1:40.3

First of all, it isn't really that fussy in the vineyard.

1:43.0

And because it's not so particular,

1:46.0

it seems like it's less interesting to growers.

1:49.0

It likes hot and windy weather and it ripens late

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