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2011 Alban Vineyards Roussanne Alban Estate Vineyard Edna Valley
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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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2011 Alban Vineyards Roussanne Alban Estate Vineyard Edna Valley

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

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92 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2012

Bright yellow.  Intense aromas of white peach, pineapple and lemon zest, with floral and ginger topnotes.  Juicy and expansive on the palate, with vibrant acidity giving lift and focus to the rich pit fruit and pineapple flavors.  Spicy notes linger impressively on the sappy, focused finish.

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Roussanne

Like its conventional blending partner Marsanne, Roussane is most frequently associated with the northern Rhone Valley. It joins Marsanne as the only white varieties grown in the appellations of St. Joseph, Hermitage, and Crozes-Hermitage. When blended, these two varieties produce rich, full-bodied white wines that reach their finest expression in...
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