Hamel Family Estate Grenache 2024 Rhône making it an ideal terroir

making it an ideal terroir for Syrah and Malbec

long fermentations

the project founded in 1999 by Álvaro Palacios together with his nephew Ricardo Pérez Palacios

Fermented with native yeasts and aged in neutral French oak

Hamel Family Estate Grenache 2024 Rhône making it an ideal terroirThe Land This Grenache comes off the Moon Mountain District, the hillside AVA on the Sonoma side of the Mayacamas, with Nuns Canyon Vineyard at its core and a smaller share from the Hamel Family Ranch. These are volcanic sites built on ancient lava flows and fractured basalt, farmed as small soil defined parcels the estate calls polygons. Elevation, cool nights, and dry farmed vines on rocky ground push roots deep and hold acidity, which is why