Cordant Wine Tasting

ABOUT

Part of the joy I get in producing VINO POP events is bringing wineries of all sizes to our Orange County table. Cordant Winery, though small, punches above its weightclass - famed critics like Robert Parker and Jeb Dunnick certainly agree.

The Taylor family has been producing wines in Paso Robles with fruit sourced from highly prized, sustainably-farmed vineyards from the Central Coast. Cordant focuses on curating Pinot Noir and Rhone varietal wines. Each vineyard for Cordant is hand selected based on its ability to express a unique location. The wines are made naturally, without an agenda, yet with close attention to detail.

I had the pleasure of trying their 2019 Grenache and immedalty called Evan to ask a bunch of wine geeky questions because it was such a beautiful, rugged yet refined drinking experience. (I didn't know at the time that this Grenache had recently scored 95 by…