Tablas Creek Terret Noir
2023, Adelaida District, Paso Robles, USA
Tablas Creek Terret Noir
Terret Noir
Tablas Creek Vineyard
About the Wine
The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2023 Terret Noir is our eighth varietal bottling of this rarely-seen Chateauneuf-du-Pape grape, propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. While we have also begun using Terret Noir in our red blends, it is a fascinating grape on its own, unlike anything else from the Rhone. As a varietal bottling, we feel it expresses well what our 1904-edition French ampelography calls its "qualities of lightness, freshness, and bouquet".
Tasting Notes
A luscious nose of lemon drop, passion fruit, sea spray and sweet green herbs. The palate has mouth-filling texture, with flavors of gooseberry and crystallized pineapple and a focused saline mineral note that lingers into the long finish, underpinning additional notes of tropical fruit and jasmine-like florality. Drink now and over the next few years.