Mendocino County & Lake County, California
Made from Organic Grapes
Nice golden yellow colour, reflective with some veil. Clean aroma, intensive and fine. Fruity with a lot of ripe peaches. In the mouth very pleasant, mild and round. 14.0 % alcohol well integrated. Smooth acid. In the finish a little bit too much alcohol, but in total very harmonic. Long aftertaste, still with peaches in the retro-olfaction. Charming.
Definitely not the wine to simply drink it in the evening. This wine needs corresponding food as partner. Exotic foods from India or the Caribbean always match, curry styled food could be a wonderful partner. However soft and semi-soft cheeses would fit perfectly. I'm a Raclette fan - and this wine is definitely a Raclette one.
The general opinion about Viognier is that the wines have to be drunk young. My experience is that Viogniers can be held for two years; sometimes five or more. This 2007 Viognier from Bonterra is on, perhaps a little bit over the top. Do not wait any longer.
Saturday, February 8. 2014
2007 Bonterra Vineyards Viognier 85/100
Wine and Food Adventures Rating System
The rating system I use is the well-known 100 points system. Very important: My rating bases on the day I drunk the wine. So no potential rating or something else. I hate that. If you want to know about my appraisal of the potential, read the blog.
Also important: Everything above 79 points means that the wine is really worth to taste and to enjoy. These are good wines or better from my perspective. Today more and more the 90+ hysteria goes around. So consequently I should avoid ratings, but on the other side everybody wants to see this. Hm. Gordian knot.
So my scheme:
- 99-100: Best of the best.
- 96-98: Fantastic. Wines for the best days of your life.
- 93-95: Outstanding. Wines for very special moments.
- 90-92: Also outstanding, but you don't have to wait for the special moment
- 87-89: Very, very good wines
- 83-86: Very good wines
- 80:82: Good wines; still above average
Ratings below I will not publish. This would not be fair to the wines because it is only my view. This blog is to inspire and not to blame wines perhaps because only I do not like them.
Hope these ratings help,
HPJ
Also important: Everything above 79 points means that the wine is really worth to taste and to enjoy. These are good wines or better from my perspective. Today more and more the 90+ hysteria goes around. So consequently I should avoid ratings, but on the other side everybody wants to see this. Hm. Gordian knot.
So my scheme:
- 99-100: Best of the best.
- 96-98: Fantastic. Wines for the best days of your life.
- 93-95: Outstanding. Wines for very special moments.
- 90-92: Also outstanding, but you don't have to wait for the special moment
- 87-89: Very, very good wines
- 83-86: Very good wines
- 80:82: Good wines; still above average
Ratings below I will not publish. This would not be fair to the wines because it is only my view. This blog is to inspire and not to blame wines perhaps because only I do not like them.
Hope these ratings help,
HPJ
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