2019 Viognier

This luscious wine exudes fragrances of peach, lemon zest, nectarine, gardenia and dried rose petal. The palate is round and balanced, possessing a delightful tension between the unctuous classically-viognier character upfront and a refreshing tingly verve on the long finish.

 Farming viognier is no simple task. It is more susceptible than other grape varieties to vineyard woes including frost damage, springtime fungus, poor set and sunburn. To achieve a balanced vine canopy, we cane prune in a way unique to our viognier vines. Our vineyard crew spends much more time in each acre of viognier than they do in any acre of our cabernet sauvignon. The fruits of such labor in 2019 is a wine with gorgeous synergy between its various aromatic and structural components. Th­e 2019 Viognier was fermented in entirely neutral French oak barrels (5 - 10 years old) and then aged on its lees, with periodic battonage, for four months prior to bottling on Valentine’s Day of 2020.

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Appellation: Sonoma County
Vintage: 2019
Harvest: September 2019
Fermentation: 100% Neutral French Oak
Cooperage: 100% Neutral French Oak
Blend: 100% Viognier
Alcohol: 14.2%
Bottling: February 2020
Production: 1160 cases
Release Date: April 2020
Release Price: $45.00