Showing consistently with the prior review and a smoking Grenache blend, the 2008 Cayuse Grenache God Only Knows oozes kirsch, lavender, white pepper, roasted meats, and rose petal like aromas that give way to a full-bodied, gorgeously proportioned palate. Rich, viscous, and yet remarkably fresh, with gorgeous purity and masses of finely polished tannin on the finish, this beauty should continue to shine for another 10-12 years.

Baron’s 2008 Grenache Armada Vineyard God Only Knows displays delectable scents and luscious palate presence of lightly-cooked strawberry and plum laced with nut oils and shadowed by plum and herb distillates. Seamlessly polished, almost velvety and glycerol-rich as well as sweetly ripe, this, nonetheless, projects a torrent of primary fruit juiciness along with levity and energy. Saliva-inducing salinity along with piquant fruit pit, and iodine accents add riveting counterpoint to a finish of prodigious length that manages to simultaneously sooth and stimulate. I would expect this to reward attention for at least another decade.- DS

Effusively fruity, bursting with ripe scents and flavors of berries and cherries. There is an interesting underlayer of earthy peat moss, just as an accent. The concentration is exceptional, dense and layered and constantly reinventing itself as it rolls through a spicy, herbal finish.