2021 Cana Vineyards Petit Manseng

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  2/1/2024 - jkscully Likes this wine:

  This has the typical PM flavors of pineapple, fresh papaya, baked apple, ginger, toasted coconut, macadamia nut, caramel, honey, and dried herbs. There’s 3% Viognier in this, but I feel like I sense the floral flavors of Virginia viognier. It could use some more acid, especially for a Petit Manseng (it’s missing that lemony cut that I usually associate with this grape). I’m impressed with the 13.5% abv (low for a PM) and the toasted coconut and caramel flavors that they coaxed out of the grapes without any oak. Well done, but not amazing (and it wasn’t as good on day 2).
  
  I liked this quite a bit on its own. I was disappointed that it didn’t pair well with oysters (not enough acid or minerality) or curried Shrimp. It was, however, a good match with smoked kielbasa, carrot salad with cumin seeds, and roasted winter vegetable couscous.

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