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The Garnacha Blanca Grape


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About Garnacha Blanca

(Synonyms: Alicant Belyi, AlicanteBlanca, Belan, Belon, Bernacha Blanca, Fehér Grenache, Garnacha, Garnacho Blanco, Garnatxa Blanca, Gkrenas Mplan, Grenache Blanc, Grenash Beli, Grenash Belyi, Grenash Bjal, Llandor Blanca, Rool Grenache, Silla Blanc, Sillina Lanc.)

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Garnacha Blanca is a white-wine grape originating—like its better-known relation the red Garnacha Tinta (aka Grenache)—in Spain; indeed, it is basically a color mutation of red Garnacha. Nowadays, it is chiefly grown in France and Spain, with plantings in France being two to two-and-a-half times as great (by acreage) as in Spain. There are also small plantings in many wine-growing countries, from South Africa to the U.S. The variety is emerging from “What?” status to some popularity as its virtues become better known.

As with so many grape varieties, Garnacha Blanca, to produce its best showing, needs to have its vineyard growth restrained. When properly grown and vinified (usually including some oak aging), it typically produces big, rich, alcoholic white wines; these are often used in blends (especially in the Rhône Valley), but there is a trend, as its popularity rises, toward more and more monovarietal expressions.

When vineyard growth is not carefully restrained, Garnacha Blanca can tend toward being “fat” or “flabby”. Also, because the wine oxidizes easily, it should be drunk young: it is not a candidate for bottle aging. But, if the winemaker has done the job right, the result will be a big, expansive, rich wine with strong fruit and citrus notes, excellent minerality, and crisp acids (which are missing in overgrown specimens).

Factoid: Garnacha Blanca/Grenache Blanc from the Santa Ynez Valley of California is seemingly becoming the new world standard.

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Some Descriptions of Garnacha Blanca Wines

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Some Garnacha Blancas to Try

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Black Slate “La Morera Blanc”
(Priorat, Spain)

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Skinner Grenache Blanc
(Sierra Foothills, USA )

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Curran Grenache Blanc
(Santa Ynez Valley, USA. This is their basic, not their “Four-Dog Blend” bottling.)

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Priest Ranch Garnacha Blanca
(Napa Valley, USA.)

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Unsi “Terrazas” Blanco
(Navarra, Spain.)

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For a Splurge

Our nomination is the Gratallops “Partida Bellvisos” Priorat Blanco, which retails for about $57 to $92.

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