2023 Cailloux Vineyard Viognier
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The 2023 Viognier Cailloux Vineyard is delicate and nuanced with a mix of wildflowers, lemon oil and wet slate. It's soothingly round with a pleasant inner sweetness offset by a reverberation of zesty acidity as citrus-laced orchard fruits swirl across the palate. Salty mineral tones define the finish as this tapers off remarkably fresh, leaving a green apple crispness that lingers. This is a total pleasure to taste.
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From the original block of Baron’s first commercial modern vineyard in what he calls The Stones, planted in silty loam and basalt cobblestones in 1997, the 2023 Viognier Cailloux Vineyard is basket pressed, fermented 10 months in concrete and stainless steel, and fully malolactic. It has dimension to its complex, light-bodied layers of fresh, focused refinement, with beautiful phenolics and aromatics, a mix of mineral, white flower, jasmine, crisp apricot, and white peach. Drink now and over the next 10 years.