2019 Briceland Vineyards Arneis Spirit Canyon Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  8/25/2021 - CMN wrote: 91 Points

  Similar impressions to my bottle of seven months ago. Light straw colored with aromas of lemon - juice/rind/pith overlayed with florals, apricot and an understated herbaceous note.
  
  On the palate, the wine has bold acidity with flavors of lemon and minerals. Light-medium body with a delicate texture that is lightly oily. Drink now - 2026.
  
  13.0%abv.

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  7/17/2021 - Jay Hack Likes this wine: 88 Points

  A Berserkerday wine! This is a very good to excellent wine that shows excellent winemaking, suffering only from the fact that Arneis is not the greatest grape in the world, but is a wonderful change of pace from creamy chardonnay, oily southern Rhone, floral citrus Riesling or tropical Savignon Blanc. Pale color with tart green apple, good acidity and a bit of spice. The best Arneis is from Bruno Giacosa or Luca Corrado at Vietti, and I gave them both a score of 90 pts, so please don't take 88 as an insult. I would gladly get more of this at the price. Paired very well with red snapper and green papaya salad.

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  1/13/2021 - CMN wrote: 91 Points

  Light straw colored with a nose of lemon and lemon pith overlayed with florals, apricot and jalapeno without the spice. On the palate, the wine is crisp with flavors of lemon and mineral, light-medium bodied, slightly oily with an acidic spine and a persistent finish. Drinking well today, but should hold for several years.
  
  13.0%abv. 176 cases made.

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