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15
98
per btl
Code: 89124


Rating: | 91 Pts Wine Enthusiast | Size: | 750ML |
Region: | California | Country: | United States |
Varietals: | Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Viognier, Marsanne | ABV: | 13.1% |
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91 Pts Wine Enthusiast |
"At first, the nose on this refreshing blend of Grenache Blanc, Rousanne, Viognier and Marsanne is ethereal, but then it centralizes on white peach with a touch of vanilla and buttercream. It hits the palate with a zing, delivering banana-cream tropicality and some bitterness, cinching up a bit on the finish. It would go well with a picnic of cheese, charcuterie and fresh bread." (502 cases) - (9/1/2014) - 91 points |
Description:
Exotic nose of spicy pears and white peaches, almond paste/marzipan, a touch of honeysuckle perfume. Multi-dimensional (many layers), a hard-to- describe range of aromatics, intriguing, almost mysterious! In the mouth it is crisply dry yet creamy and round and full-bodied, nice almond paste on crisp- yet-juicy pear fruit.
Carol Shelton is widely cited as the most awarded winemaker in the United States. She has won countless medals for her wines and has been honored as Winemaker of the Year numerous times. After years of working with some of the industry's top winemakers and wineries, Carol continues to win awards and accolades for premium Zinfandels produced under her own brand, Carol Shelton Wines.
An Early Start
Carol's career got an early, and unusual, start. When Carol was six, her mom developed an "identify the scent" game using household herbs and spices. It was the beginning of Carol's path into the wine industry. It quickly became apparent that Carol not only had a great sense of smell, but she was remarkably adept at figuring out the new smells as the game evolved.
Poetry or Wine?
Entering UC Davis with a penchant for poetry, Carol stumbled upon her true calling when she first entered a wine cellar. The wonderful aroma of wine aging in oak barrels was so enticing that it drew Carol to her life's work.
Under the tutelage of Ann Noble, the author of the Aroma Wheel, Carol worked hard and threw herself into her enology studies at UC Davis. One of Carolâs projects on yeast strains proved that different strains produce different flavor characteristics in wine. This early knowledge of yeast strains reflects today in the delicious, full-flavored wine Carol produces.