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| Drinking window: Drink between 2013 and 2015 (based on 16 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 6 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Halfeel on 4/17/2013 & rated 87 points: A bit tart and more acidic than expected from an Albariño. (1547 views) | | | Tasted by WineDoctors on 3/22/2013 & rated 88 points: a slight spritz, mice minerals, nice acid, light t medium bodied, with scallops. (1498 views) | | | Tasted by WineDoctors on 11/26/2012 & rated 88 points: High acid, nice minerality, lime, light to medium bodied, medium finish. bright; has its place; with leftover turkey sandwich. (1600 views) | | | Tasted by Shelby Ledgerwood on 9/13/2012 & rated 88 points: White gold color with aromas of white floral, soft white peach and apricot. It also has a tropical note - reminds me of guava or watermelon. On the palate: medium+ body, high acidity, with moderate astringency. Clean, crisp and refreshing with a little spritz. Fruit flavors of pink grapefruit and Meyer lemon - quenching acidity. Finish has flavors of blanched almonds and a hint of orange pith bitterness. Texture has an oily viscosity that you pick up up after the wine clears your palate. A good choice for a food friendly, affordable, alternative white from the US. (1892 views) |
| By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, California's Central Coast: Better than Ever (Aug 2012)
(Niven Family Wine Estates - Tangent Albarino Paragon Vineyard Edna Valley) Subscribe to see review text. |
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| Tangent Producer websiteAlbariño Varietal character (Appellation America)
Albariño (Galician pronunciation: [albaˈɾiːɲo]) or Alvarinho (Portuguese: [alvaˈɾiːɲo]) is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and Monção (northwest Portugal), where it is used to make varietal white wines.
Albariño is actually the Galician name for the grape, with Albarín Blanco an occasional synonym. In Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco. [1]
It was presumably brought to Iberia by Cluny monks in the twelfth century. Its name "Alba-Riño" means "the white from Rhine" and it has locally been thought to be a Riesling clone originating from the Alsace region of France, although earliest known records of Riesling as a grape variety date from the 15th, rather than the 12th, century. It is also theorized that the grape is a close relative of the French grape Petit Manseng. [2]
It should not be confused with the Alvarinho Liláz grape of Madeira.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
http://www.discovercaliforniawines.com/regional-wine-organizations/
http://beveragetradenetwork.com/en/btn-academy/list-of-winegrowers-association-in-central-coast-california-274.htm
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