White
Nefarious Defiance Vineyard Viognier (Lake Chelan)
Lake Chelan · Columbia Valley · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- White
- Grape
- Viognier
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Lake Chelan · Columbia Valley
- Appellation
- Lake Chelan
- Body
- medium
- Acidity
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
camarão grelhado · peixe assado · saladas verdes · frango com molho cítrico
Rated vintages
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201488 pts
Aromas of lees and spice edge out peach and pear notes. The palate is dry and creamy in feel, with the fruit flavors light and elegant. The lees influence dominates.
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201192 pts
This is a juicy, perfect melding of citrus and light tropical fruit flavors. With impeccable balance and poise, this thrilling, entirely stainless-steel-fermented Viognier persists well onto the graceful finish.
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201090 pts
As with all Nefarious wines, balance is the key to success. Whiffs of toast, smoke and sea breeze introduce a delicate, estate-grown wine, with pretty melon, pear and apple notes. Complex and graceful.
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200989 pts
There is a lovely balance to this Viognier, and a sense that these cool-climate grapes were not pushed too far. The winemaker, happily, chose to make the wine that the vineyard gave her. Delicate and layered, with paper-thin suggestions of citrus rind, grapefruit and white peach…