old vine wines

[Innkeeper]

WOW is right on in her description of old vines. Another that you will see in advertising and label descriptions is Old Vine Grenache or Garnacha as they say in Spain. I'm quite partial to those.

There is also a difference between new vines and mature vines. Wines made from new vines tend to taste green as you may imagine. Vinters handle this in different ways. Newer wineries buy grapes from others until their vines mature. Established wineries use their newer vines for blends and lighter wines such as rose's.