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2008 Palmina Tocai Friulano Subida Honea Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley
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2008 Palmina Tocai Friulano Subida Honea Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley

Producer: Palmina
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Tocai
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast
Appellation: Santa Ynez Valley

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2009

($30; 100% tocai friulano) Light, bright orange color. Exotic, expressive aromas of peach pit, citrus pith, spicecake and smoke. Almost sweet on entry but firms up in the middle, offering powerful pit and orchard fruit flavors and a strong mineral undertone. Leaves smoky mineral and orange peel notes behind on the long, sappy finish. This wine reminds me a lot of some wild bottlings from Radikon.

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Tocai Friulano

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