Viognier

This is a blend of 60% Viognier and 40% Chardonnay from Israel.  Pale golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose has lemons, pears, slight tropical fruit notes and some minerality.  Medium bodied.  Good acidity.  On the palate, this is dry with flavors of lemons and pears.  Moderate finish.  This is Kosher for Passover and made a nice white with the Seder meal.  It went well with a dairy meal.  Drink over the next three to five years.  

Light silvery/gold with some green hues in color, clear and bright.  The nose is steely with lemon rind, slight peach and a slight floral note.  Medium to full bodied.  Lovely oily texture.  On the palate, flavors of lemons, oranges and a slight honey/waxy note.  Some heat on the finish.  This is drinking quite well now.  Stylistically, somewhere between a full on California Viognier and a Northern Rhone wine.  Drink over the next five years.  Nice on its own but better with food.  This would be very nice with Moroccan Couscous with meat or fruit.   

Wow.  One of the best Viognier based wines that I have had.  Medium golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is clean with steely melons, pears, and minerality.  Medium to full bodied.  Crisp acidity.  On the palate, honeydew, pears, slight lemon and underlying minerality.  Long finish.  This is delicious on its own but will be better with food.  It would pair nicely with Pork Chops.  Drink over the next three to five years.  

Great showing for this bottle.  It is pricey, but the wine is great.  Golden in color with some green hues, clear and bright. The nose is great with peaches, white flowers along with an underlying earthiness and salinity.  Medium to full bodied.  Complex.  On the palate, peaches, lemons and slight vanilla.  Nice acidity.  Long finish.  This is still youthful and should drink well for another five to ten years.  It is nice on its own and will stand up to most foods.  It would work with Roasted Asparagus (no easy feat) but it would be great with Roasted Shellfish.  

I really enjoy their Cuvee Vincent Cotes du Rhone red wine but this was not at that level.  Still, for an inexpensive white, it would be a nice wine for a party.  It is 95% viognier with 5% Grenache Blanc.  Light golden in color with a touch of green.  The nose is flat with little or no floral notes which is what I hoped for.  Maybe a touch of baked peach.  Medium bodied.  Moderate acidity.  On the palate, a touch of minerality.   Moderate finish.  Drink now.  

I wish I knew more about this wine.  I loved it!  Alban makes (not counting this), two different Viogniers.  They make and estate Viognier and a Central Coast Viognier.  Both are labeled as Viognier.  This one is neither of those two.  It carries the additional labelling as Sarments.  The word means cutting or scion, so I assume these vines were propagated from other vines somewhere...  Anyway, I like the Alban Estate Viognier but don't love it.  I prefer Viognier more like a Condrieu which is a region making Viognier in the Rhone Valley in France.  I would like to say the difference is in

This is a white blend using Rhone varietals and made in Tin City, Paso Robles, California.  It is a blend of 48% Viognier, 19% Marsanne, 13% Roussanne, 11% Grenache Blanc and 9% Clairette.  My first time trying this wine and producer and it is delightful.  Light golden in color with some green hues.  Clear and bright.  The nose has a whiff of fruit but then is dominated by wax, sea air and spice.  With air a bit more pineapple emerges.  Lovely slightly oily texture.  Drying tannins.  On the palate, more pineapple with some lime notes on the finish.  13.7%abv.  It is so hard to say how this

This is a nice wine.  Golden in color, clear and bright.  It has a very pretty nose.  Peaches with a floral note.  Slightly viscous texture.  On the palate, nice acidity.  Peach fruit notes.  Good finish.  This is refreshing and an excellent value.  Nice on its own, but better with food.  This would be nice with lighter foods such as fresh seafood.  

Very nice expression of a northern Rhone Viognier.  Deep golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is perfumed with floral notes as well as peach, slight hay, and slight golden raisin.  Full bodied.  Viscous, slightly oily texture.  On the palate, some waxiness with some pear, slight orange and just a hint of floral notes.  Good acidity.  Dry.  Long finish.  This probably should be drunk in the next few years to enjoy the freshness.  Nice on its own, this would work well with lighter foods but would be nice s well with lobster.