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 Vintage2006 Label 1 of 7 
(NOTE: Label borrowed from 2007 vintage.)
TypeWhite
ProducerFailla (web)
VarietyViognier
Designationn/a
VineyardAlban Estate Vineyard
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionCentral Coast
AppellationEdna Valley

Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2009 (based on 5 user opinions)

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by Paigeverde on 6/1/2013 & rated 89 points: Still drinking well....likely not many more years left in it, but certainly enjoyable. (1387 views)
 Tasted by mxpbuy on 8/10/2010 & rated 90 points: Sampled 8/9/10. This wine took a full hour to open. Some very nice apricot and tropical fruits in an understated and classy style. Not particularly sweet, but not too dry either. A very well balanced wine that stil lhas couple very good years left in it. (1978 views)
 Tasted by KeithAkers on 11/14/2009 & rated 88 points: Fight Night Wines V (matt's, highland park IL): nose: rich and big nose of oils, white fruits, peaches, and bits of peach blossoms. Good depth, but almost too rich on the nose

taste: full bodied with big tones of oils, peaches, tropical citrus', and tones of white fruits. There is some noticeable heat that bites on the back end

overall: The heat is a bit much. This is also very big for a viognier and its hard to gauge it. If this got chilled down a bit, the heat may not be as noticeable (2512 views)
 Tasted by tskrueger on 12/1/2008 & rated 92 points: Drank w/ dad on Thanksgiving on his request (surprised that he requested a white wine)...Let this breathe for an hour or 2 and come to nearly room temp...This is still one of the best domestic viogniers on the market! Delicious. (2267 views)

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By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2008, IWC Issue #138
(Failla Viognier Alban Vineyard Edna Valley) Subscribe to see review text.
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USA

American 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.

California

2021 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 Coast

http://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

Central Coast AVA Wikipedia

 
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