Wind Gap, Sceales Old Vine Grenache, Sonoma County, Sonoma

With his Wind Gap label, Pax Mahle has created a brand that does everything well, from Chardonnay to Pinot to Syrah to Grenache, with this one being from a dry-farmed vineyard with close to 100-year-old Grenache vines. Fermented with stems and carbonic maceration, the wine has a fresh, black fruit character made complex with pepper and spice notes from the stems and tannin.