Sweet home California! We escaped back to the homeland---and to lovely sunshine---for a few days of tasting in Paso Robles! The cute little town is roughly 2 hours south of Monterey Bay where I grew up, and a mere half hour from the beach! The Rhône Rangers down there are so named for their affinity toward Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, as well as Viognier and some rockin' Roussane/Marsanne (plus they're cowboys). Ancient sea-creature fossils and limestone (which make up calcareous marl/shale & linne calodo soils) in the vineyard ultimately give the wines of Paso some killer minerality. The terrain is diverse in a way that can only be described as magical. It's hot and gorgeous year-round. It's hilly dessert up one road and gentle forest down another. Huge buzzards circle the vineyards for pesky vermin as the head-trained vines push their roots through the limestone rich earth. After picnicking and exploring to our hearts content, we only wanted more!
Everything was delicious. So we brought home a few *ahem* souvenirs...
...and hope to someday return, if only for Los Robles' out-of-this-world Al Pastor tacos! And some Denner Viognier...
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