2017 | Calera | Viognier Mount Harlan

Description

White Wine: 2017 | Calera | Viognier Mount Harlan

Precise, with peach, melon and pear notes and a touch of butterscotch. A supple frame and juicy acidity keep the flavors fresh and light-footed. A hint of lemon verbena lingers.

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Producer: Calera

Ratings: WS | 89WA | 92

Vintage: 2017

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.1%

Varietal: Viognier

Country/Region: United States, Central Coast

Precise, with peach, melon and pear notes and a touch of butterscotch. A supple frame and juicy acidity keep the flavors fresh and light-footed. A hint of lemon verbena lingers.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator:
  Precise, with peach, melon and pear notes and a touch of butterscotch. A supple frame and juicy acidity keep the flavors fresh and light-footed. A hint of lemon verbena lingers.

• Wine Advocate: The 2017 Viognier has a lovely nose of white pepper, honeycomb, honeysuckle and quince paste with a core of apple pie, toast, hay and musk. It’s medium-bodied and wonderfully intense in the mouth with great freshness and a long, layered finish.

Producer Information

Calera Wine Company is a well-regarded wine estate based in Mt Harlan in California’s San Benito County. Calera, which is named for an on-site lime kiln, is notable for its limestone-rich soils, a rarity in California. Pinot Noir is the key grape variety here, making several single-vineyard wines.Winemaker Josh Jensen trained in Burgundy, working a harvest at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and later interning at Domaine Dujac. It was there that he learned that Pinot Noir and Chardonnay thrive on limestone soils, so upon returning to the US, he went in search for that terroir.In 1974, he purchased land that was once a limestone quarry on Mt Harlan, and planted 10 hectares (24 acres) of Pinot Noir in 1975. The first vintage from the vineyard was in 1978, and since then the estate has been expanded to include plantings of Chardonnay, Viognier and Aligoté.