Pride Mountain Vineyards Viognier 2017
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Connoisseurs' Guide
As ripe, rich and outgoing as any, Pride’s latest Viognier is a lavish, big-bodied offering brimming with sweet, highly extracted fruit. It keys on peaches and pears with lovely accents of creamy oak and teases with touches of its variety’s distinctively floral aspects from beginning to end. It is slightly viscous in feel but very wellbalanced and buoyed by plenty of fruity acidity, and it remains vital and keenly focused throughout. If not demanding of age, it is bound to be better with it, and, whether enjoyed now or later, it is a thoroughly delicious wine that will stand up to richer fare effortlessly.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 Viognier leaps from the glass with gregarious scents of honey drizzled apricots, poached pears, star anise, wilted roses and preserved orange peel with a waft of jasmine. Full-bodied with a sensuously oily texture and laden with stone fruit and perfumed layers, it has a zippy line of freshness and a long aniseed laced finish. 1147 cases were made.
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Full-figured and charmingly floral, Viognier is one of the most important white grapes of the northern Rhône where it is used both to produce single varietal wines and as an important blending grape. Look for great New World examples from California, Oregon, Washington and cooler parts of Australia. Somm Secret—Viognier plays a surprisingly important role in the red wines of Côte Rôtie in the northern Rhône. About 5% Viognier is typically co-fermented with the Syrah in order to stabilize the color, and as an added benefit, add a subtle perfume.
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Sonoma County wines are produced with carefully selected grape varieties to reflect the best attributes of their sites—Dry Creek Valley’s consistent sunshine is ideal for Zinfandel, while the warm Alexander Valley is responsible for rich, voluptuous red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are important throughout the county, most notably in the cooler AVAs of Russian River, Sonoma Coast and Carneros. Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah have also found a firm footing here.