Caress Cuvee Blanc 2018
Made aromatic and dry - definitely not sweet - it smells like a bouquet of flowers and freshly sliced pear.
The lush style of our Cuvee Blanc simulates Chenin Blanc and is an wonderful California example of a Loire Valley Vouvray Sec with textbook acidity, a nice concentration of fruit flavors and with less than 4 grams per liter of residual sugar, the driest (Sec) level. Caress is the best-of-the-best cuvée delivering a haunting, complex, long-lived white wine.
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Enjoy the nose of this bright, vibrant golden wine. Its aromatic profile ranges from subtle fruit like candied peach, honeyed apricots, or quince with a honeysuckle floral note and a little spice.
Really a deceptive wine, with such a perfumed nose, you might think it’s going to be slightly sweet but no, it’s actually dry with a peach, apricot and tropical fruit flavors with a long, lingering, sensual finish.
Because of its unique flavor profile, Caress is actually a very food-friendly wine, making it a great choice when contemplating foie gras, oysters, lobster or crab, butter or cream based sauces, curries and both Asian and Indian food in general.
For a incredible dessert poach pears in a little Caress with a spoon of sugar and serve with white chocolate, Crème fraîche and vanilla ice cream. Fabulous!
Want a delicious white wine with a flavor profile from passion-fruit through pear to peach - just grab a Chenin Blanc except the best come from the Loire Valley in France and its tough to emulate that here in California so we blended some of our great whites to make this Cuvée Blanc. Caress is crafted from a best-of-the-best cuvée made up of Viognier and Roussanne delivering a haunting, complex,delicious white wine.
Only 500 cases produced.
| Color | White |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Style | White Rhone |
| Appellation | Mendocino |
| Varietal | Rhone Blend |
| Date Bottled | 18th Feb 2019 |
| Drinkable | 2019 - 2022 |
| Alcohol | 14.20% |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| PH Level | 3.33 |
| Residual Sugar | 0.11 |
