Camins 2 Dreams - 'Grenache - Paicines Ranch' - Grenache Noir - CA - 2023

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Notes from the Winery/Importer

This is our inaugural vintage featuring fruit sourced from Paicines Ranch in San Benito County. This vineyard employs regenerative farming practices and hosts year-round grazing by sheep, contributing to a soil profile rich in biodiversity. The fruit is 100% destemmed and showcases a lighter style compared to our Grenache from Christy & Wise Vineyard. We used 100% Alban clone grapes, which impart a dark ruby hue. The fermentation process utilized native yeast, and the wine was aged in neutral French oak barrels for 10 months. Additionally, this wine is both unfined and unfiltered, with no S02 added until bottling. This Grenache presents a dark ruby hue, accompanied by enticing rose petal floral notes, orange peel, and vibrant red fruit flavors of raspberry and cherry. Secondary aromas of spices such as rosemary flower, cardamom, curry, and cumin add depth to the bouquet. The wine boasts a refreshing acidity that enhances the mid-palate, complemented by the brightness of fresh red fruit. It concludes with dry, velvety tannins, leaving a lingering finish.

Notes on the Producer

Camins 2 Dreams represents the routes and paths we follow to achieve our dreams. Camins 2 Dreams was founded in 2017. Our grapes are sourced from vineyards in Santa Barbara County with a focus in Sta. Rita Hills. Our philosophy is to make hand-crafted, terroir-driven wines that are fermented with natural yeast and use minimal intervention in the winery, with only minimum amounts of SO2 at bottling. Our wines are also unfined and unfiltered. We believe wine is made in the vineyard and we want to showcase the typicity of each site where the grapes come from. We source fruit from vineyards that share in the same values of respect for the land, the environment, and their workers. We work exclusively with organic, biodynamic, and regenerative vineyards. We are a team of two winemakers, Mireia Taribó and Tara Gomez, wife and wife, whose paths first crossed in 2006 through our work in the wine industry. Our friendship grew through wine and travels, which also sparked our love. Our journey of friendship, love, and wine now continues as together we found our dream winery, Camins 2 Dreams.

Grapes & Style

Grenache Noir

Grenache Noir is the dark-skinned form of Grenache, one of the great Mediterranean red grapes. It’s central to southern Rhône blends, Spanish Garnacha, and old-vine wines across warm, dry regions where it can translate sun and wind without losing charm.

In the vineyard, Grenache Noir handles heat, drought, and poor soils well, and old bush vines can produce wines with real depth. It tends toward high sugar and moderate acidity, so the best examples depend on balance, site, and careful picking.

In the glass, Grenache Noir often shows strawberry, raspberry, cherry, orange peel, herbs, white pepper, and warm spice. It can be pale and juicy or powerful and concentrated, but the best versions keep a sense of lift and transparency.