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Robert Hall Winery Viognier(2005)
- Winery:
- Robert Hall Winery
- Varietal:
- Viognier
- Region:
- USA > California > San Luis Obispo > Paso Robles
- Type:
- Color:
- White
- User Tags:
- acidic, brisk, herbaceous, fresh, crisp
Fermentation/Maturation
Our Viognier is produced with a goal of maximizing freshness and preserving varietal flavor. Pursuant to this goal we
hand-harvest into small bins in the cool of the morning and completed the short trip to the winery. At the winery, we
crush the clusters into the CO2 blanketed waiting press, and hold it there for 3 hours of skin-contact, then press to tank
where the juice is cold settled for 48 hours. At racking about half of the juice goes to barrels, the balance to stainless
steel. We inoculate both lots with cultured yeast known for maximizing read more...
Our Viognier is produced with a goal of maximizing freshness and preserving varietal flavor. Pursuant to this goal we
hand-harvest into small bins in the cool of the morning and completed the short trip to the winery. At the winery, we
crush the clusters into the CO2 blanketed waiting press, and hold it there for 3 hours of skin-contact, then press to tank
where the juice is cold settled for 48 hours. At racking about half of the juice goes to barrels, the balance to stainless
steel. We inoculate both lots with cultured yeast known for maximizing read more...
- Linda Murphy
- Critics Challenge
- 05/01/06
- Critics Challenge 2006 Gold
-
May 2007
- A live wire of a wine--crisp and fresh with brisk acidity. Linda Murphy
- jmf
- Stockton, CA
- May 2008
-
No written review
- jmf
- Stockton, CA
- May 2008
-
No written review
