Tablas Creek’s 2023 Grenache Noir is an estate, 100% Grenache from the Adelaida District of Paso Robles, drawn from the producer’s biodynamic and Regenerative Organic Certified™ vineyard. At 14.5% alcohol, it’s a varietal bottling that leans into freshness and detail rather than sheer ripeness, a profile that fits the unusually cool, wet 2023 growing season and late harvest. The wine was raised in neutral 1,200-gallon oak foudres and bottled in February 2025.

This is a strongly reviewed release, with multiple excellent 94-point assessments. Wine Enthusiast (94 points) highlights how “quite light in the glass” it is, finding “crumpled purple flowers, crunchy plum and light pepper,” then “tart strawberry and ripe red plum” with “blood orange peel and a wet clay minerality,” concluding it shows “how elegantly ethereal this often very ripe grape can be.” Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate (94 points) calls it “a benchmark for the region,” citing a “weightlessly intense and fragrant nose” and a “polished, tensile and buoyant palate,” finishing with “fresh acidity and chalky tannins.”

Decanter (94 points) emphasizes both fruit and savory-mineral elements: “fruity intensity and saline minerality leap out,” with violet, dried lavender, and “gorgeous red strawberry flesh,” plus “desert scrub and white pepper corn” on the finish. James Suckling (94 points) frames it as “a savory expression of grenache” with “a meaty quality not typically found…in Paso,” adding “punched-up minerality and taut acidity” and recommending it “best after 2026.”

Vinous (93 points, Eric Guido) underscores the wine’s precision, with “dried strawberries,” “dusty violet tones,” and a finish that’s “slightly chewy and gently tannic…with wonderful length,” adding, “I would never peg this cool-toned and precise Grenache as a child of Paso Robles.” Production is reported around 2,100–2,255 cases—higher than normal for this bottling—without diluting the wine’s clarity or drive.