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2008 Alban Vineyards Viognier Central Coast
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About Alban Vineyards

John Alban makes some of the most aromatically complex and explosively rich wines in the New World from traditional Rhone varieties. Since 1989 he’s worked entirely with fruit from his own superb clonal material, planted on chalk-rich hillside vineyards in Edna Valley.

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2008 Alban Vineyards Viognier Central Coast

Producer: Alban Vineyards
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Viognier
Origin: California
Region: Central Coast

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2009

($24) Bright gold. Restrained, mineral-driven aromas of pear, orange and white flowers, with a subtle spicy character. Racy on entry, then gains power and fleshiness in the middle palate and offers rich, expansive orchard and pit fruit flavors, with a dusty layer of lemon pith adding cut. The minerality and spiciness repeat on the nicely persistent, juicy finish.

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Viognier

Emerging from the tiny appellation of Condrieu in the northern Rhone, Viognier has become a rising star in California vineyards, as our American palates have evolved to appreciate more aromatic white wines. Still, the most desired bottlings of Viognier continue to come from Condrieu, a region just south of the city of Lyon. Centuries of cultivation here have taught producers how to...
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