Robert Sinskey Pinot Blanc (375ML half-bottle) 2017
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Like a breath of fresh air, this wine celebrates life! The beautiful, light-straw color is immediately appealing to the eye, while the aroma and flavor hint at white peach, apricot, citrus (mandarin and lemon), green apple and the juicy first bite of a fresh white pineapple. Behind these primary notes are traces of vanilla and creme brûlée with the slightest nuance of tarragon and flint. The flavors are bright and crisp, with an amazingly zesty mid-palate that leads into a lengthy finish. This wine has an Old World soul, executed with New World precision.
Other Vintages
2015-
Wilfred
Wong
The story of how wine is made is as important as the wine itself. The craft of winegrowing begins with the care of the soil and ends as an open bottle of wine on the table.
RSV is a second generation, family-owned and operated vineyard and winery. Every vine for every wine was planted by RSV and every vineyard is certified* organic. One could say that RSV is beyond organic. Since 1991, RSV has been practicing the “whole farm” philosophy of interrelationships based on Rudolph Steiner’s 1928 lecture “Agriculture.” This approach stresses the need to heal damage done by modern, mechanized farming - tapping into the rhythms of nature, encouraging natural processes, to grow superior winegrapes that require little but care to craft into expressive, vibrant and living wines.
RSV approaches the cellar as purists (with the same winemaker, Jeff Virnig, for over twenty-five years) to craft wines that are true and pure. The guiding principle that “wine is not an athletic event” has allowed the wines of RSV to stay true to vineyard and variety. Elegance over brawn has always been the house style and RSV does not submit wine for review by score-centric critics; because to taste wine in a competitive atmosphere, without food on the table, encourages wines that shout, ignoring subtle wines of balance, finesse and elegance... the attributes that define the fine wines of RSV.
*RSV’s vineyards are certified by C.C.O.F. - California Certified Organic Farmers. Due to the fee structure of Demeter USA, RSV no longer uses the trademarked words “Demeter” or “Biodynamic” as of the 2012 vintage - no matter, RSV has not changed farming philosophy