The dust is barely settled from the explosive Black Powder Cabernet deal this morning.

We knew it would not last, and lined up one more wine from our friend Bobby Moy.

65% OFF a winemaker-favorite pick - his 91-point “Unfamiliar Truth” Grenache. This comes straight from his Chiron label, and if you know one thing about Bobby, it’s that Grenache is his first, second, and third love.

The other day he told me a story about one of his proudest winemaking moments. In 2016 at a lunch with Jim Clendenen and Bog Lindquist (Qupe and Au Bon Climat), Bobby brought a bottle of his Grenache. Finally, amidst all the other bottles, they poured some. The two winemakers, stopped what they were doing, went quiet, and whispered amongst each other for a few minutes as they tasted it. Bob turned to him and said “Bobby, this is good,” and a few months later invited Bobby to make grenache from his vineyard.

While Cabernet steals the show, it’s the seductive style of Grenache that captures this winemaker’s imagination. A chameleon grape, it can show many sides. From ripe and inky and fruit-driven to light and ethereal and spice-laden. Grenache truly captures the story of the soil, the vintage, and the winemaking process.

Bobby is very particular about where he gets Grenache. Few sites seem to have the “perfect” showing - which would be a moderate/warm climate, head-trained vines, ⅔ fruit dropped and grown in sandy soils. But for this vintage he sourced fruit from places he thought came close: Denner Vineyard in westside Paso, Portico Hills Los Alamos Santa Barbara and Spear Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills.

“Piquant” is the word when you first pop this. A full array of spices form a blockade up front with Szechuan peppercorn, bouquet garni, and star anise holding firm. According to Bobby, this one is “all spice for the first hour of air” and then it opens up to unleash the fruit. Briary red raspberry, bright red rhubarb, and toasty pop tarts soon find their way into the picture. A modest alcohol and bright acidity makes this a very food-friendly option.

You probably don’t drink enough Grenache, and today you have a change to fix that. Take a flyer on some and discover what you’re missing.