full and creamy in the mouth and ready to drink
no matter what legend or history you have read
and finishes with enough acid to give it lift and length
The 2013 Crozes Hermitage Cuv̩e Christophe should be in the same ballpark as the 2014 (which shows just how good the 2014 is
a core of green apple and citrus is carried by vibrant
2014 Alban "Estate" Edna Valley Viognier full and creamy in theThe 2014 Viognier Estate checks in as a new benchmark for me on California (and United States) Viognier. Bottled in August of 2015, it offers terrific notes of white flowers, honeysuckle, tangerine and apricot, with full bodied richness, a layered texture and a great finish. This is a big wine, no doubt, but it stays lively, graceful and elegant. Drink it over the coming 4 5 years. After the cool, and then cold, 2010 and 2011 vintages, 2012 through