Label Image
2010 Alban Vineyards Viognier Alban Estate Vineyard Edna Valley
Out of Stock
Not Yet Rated Be the first to rate this wine
Expert Ratings
ST 92
RP 92

read the reviews

Begin Your Search

Related Products

Additional Vintages
Other Wines from this Producer and Vintage

WineAccess Travel Log

Read stories from the world's greatest wine trails.

More About This Wine

Product Details

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.

Read more about Alban Vineyards »

2010 Alban Vineyards Viognier Alban Estate Vineyard Edna Valley

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

Expert Reviews

92 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2011

Bright gold.  Deeply pitched aromas of orange pith, poached pear, iodine and salty minerals.  Palate-staining orchard and pit fruit flavors show an almost viscous texture and but are nicely enlivened by juicy acidity.  Becomes spicier with air, displaying serious intensity but also surprising energy for a wine carrying 15.8% alcohol.  Closes on a stony note, with strong finishing cut and sappy persistence.

92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

Member Ratings

Your Rating & Review
0 Member Ratings

Be the first to rate this wine

Greyed Out Ratings Graph

Explore

Place Image
About California

It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in...

Read More »

Varietal Image
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...
Read More »