Aridus, Arizona (United States) Grenache 2016

 I’ve written about this producer before, and they continue to impress with solid wines that, while outside what we think of as the norm, come across with a delicious flair.  This Grenache delivers ripe strawberry fruit girded by chocolate, fall spice and toasty oak, and it finishes with sweet oak giving the fruit a nice push and making a little white pepper pop brightly.  It’s at peak now.   Put this tasty Arizona wine in your next blind tasting and watch the eyebrows rise.