The 2005 Edward Sellers Grenache has a beautiful bright, but deep, ruby red color. The nose is cocoa. It's fruit forward, new world, and to quote a friend "yummy." It's got high acidity and high alcohol (15.9%!) but it's balanced and bright. Well integrated tannins. The taste goes on for at least 45 seconds to a minute. At $25 it's a good value for a California wine. Only 168 cases made. Their website leaves a bit to be desired though - the only way I get to the winemaker's notes is to go to their store. Maybe it encourages purchases. ;) The address is http://www.edwardsellers.com (it appears on the cork too!) and other than that it's a nice site with history on the winery, and the owners. There's also a blog, and they have a Facebook group. I think they get marketing. I know they get wine.
Edit: I forgot to note that their wine descriptions have terrific levels of detail regarding the composition of each wine, as well as quantitative measures of the wine, details of the processes used for each vintage, including percentage of the wine aged in each type of barrel or stainless steel and other great bits of information.
Edit: I forgot to note that their wine descriptions have terrific levels of detail regarding the composition of each wine, as well as quantitative measures of the wine, details of the processes used for each vintage, including percentage of the wine aged in each type of barrel or stainless steel and other great bits of information.
