Grenache

At a glance

• Strawberry
• Soft tannin
• High alcohol

Recognize it

High alcohol with ripe red fruit and relatively soft tannin for the weight. Strawberry and red plum are common. Color is often paler than the body suggests.

Similar grapes

• Syrah

  Similar full body and ripe fruit.

  Difference Syrah is darker, pepperier and more tannic.

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• Mourvèdre

  Similar high alcohol and ripe fruit in warm Mediterranean blends.

  Difference Mourvèdre is darker, firmer and more savory or meaty.

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Explore

Wines made from Grenache

• Côtes du Rhône
• Côtes de Provence
• Priorat
• Côtes du Rhône
• Banyuls
• Châteauneuf-du-Pape
• Bandol
• Tavel
• Pic Saint-Loup
• Vacqueyras
• Vacqueyras
• Gigondas
• Lirac
• Lirac
• Côtes du Rhône Villages
• Côtes du Rhône Villages

Where it grows

• Rhône Valley
• France
• Southern Rhône
• McLaren Vale
• Languedoc-Roussillon
• Languedoc
• South Australia