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VINUM CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA CHARDONNAY (NA) CHENIN BLANC / VIOGNIER ROSE OF CABERNET (NA) MERLOT PINOT NOIR (NA) PETITE SIRAH (NA) CABERNET SAUVIGNON |
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REVIEWS & PRESS
VIO
Viognier, Vista Verde Vineyards, San Benito County
2007
Wine Spectator, May, 2010
87 Points
"Delivers a core of ripe peach, juicy and full-bodied, focused and aromatic with toasty notes. Details of apricot, apple blossom and spicy notes come in on the finish. Drink now through 2012. 450 cases made." –MW
Wine Enthusiast, October 1, 2009
87 Points
"A fun wine that straddles that familiar California line between sweetness and dryness. The structure comes from acidity and minerals, while the richness is all about exotic tropical fruits, flowers and honey." - S.H.
2005
Wine Enthusiast, December 2006
90 Points
"The vineyard is best known for a Williams Selyem Pinot Noir. Its a cool climate that ripens grapes well, but preserves plenty of acidity. This dry, barrel-fermented wine is complex and delicious, packed with Meyer lemon, pear, peach, tart green apple and spice flavors."
2004
Connoisseur's Guide Review, December 2006
91 Points
"This very rich, well-extracted and highly ripened Viognier is long on the varietal signature themes of sweet peaches and blossoms, and it shows an uncanny sense of sophistication in its finely fit pieces. It is a mouthfilling wine, yet it is not at all heavy and its scant glimmers of eleventh-hour heat are handily buffered by the long lasting fruit that guides the way from first sniff to finish."
San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2006
Recommended
"Citrus nose with balanced palate of citrus, peach and pear flavors with some tropical fruit; juicy, with good acidity; long finish."
2002
Wine & Spirits, August 2004
92 Points
Years Best Marsanne, Roussanne & Viognier
"The golden sun in a glass, this captures the richness and breadth of California-grown fruit and contrasts it with the Grillet-like tones of viognier grown toward a fresh nut flavor. Broad as it is, the wine remains subtle, with a lasting impression of fresh pear. Serve this cellar temperature for chicken roasted with oranges."
Winemakers: Richard Bruno & Chris Condos
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2007 THE SCRAPPER
CABERNET FRANC
Wine Enthusiast Magazine, April, 2011
92 Points
"A 100%-Cabernet Franc from mountainous El Dorado County! This wine’s crazy good with tons of varietal character — woodsy tannins, touch of green pepper, vials of violets — that’s also packed with plenty of great plum, cassis and savory notes of leather and mocha, all in a memorable package. With plenty of grip and acid, enjoyed over a meal, it gets better by the minute and has the depth to age 5 - 10 years, too." - V.B.
2006 THE SCRAPPER
CABERNET FRANC
The Tasting Panel, June, 2011
90 Points
"Smooth and silky with plum, spice and hints of smoke and mocha; sipple, dense and balanced with good length" - Anthony Dias Blue