Community Tasting Note

RajivAyyangar wrote:

Monday, May 1, 2017 - MNB: High Terpene Whites (Home (Noe st)): (blind)

Pale Lemon color.
Medium intensity aromatics of lees and slightly developed stone fruit. Canned peach. Nectarine.
Some RS - around 10g.
- Full-bodied
- High alcohol and viscous - 14.5%
- Slight oak - but used.
- Ripe and overripe peach
- Medium acid
- High bitterness
Long unctuous finish.

Condrieu
- CA Viognier - not high alcohol enough, no overt new oak.
- Gewurz - not sugary enough, nor aromatic enough.

Final guess: 2014 Condrieu, but could use more fruit.

Actually: Cline Viognier!!!
This is damn good for a $17.99 California Viognier, and easily the best wine from Cline I've ever tasted.

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