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Bien Nacido Vineyard Pinot Blanc

Santa Maria Valley · Central Coast · United States

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seafood · Caesar salad · grilled chicken · mild cheeses

201490 pts

Very tight yellow-pear-skin aromas meet with lemon rinds, scratched lime skin, fragrant wet clay and very pithy aromas on this intriguing bottling. Once sipped, the body is steely in acidity and texture, like licking gunmetal, with a warmer stone-fruit element arising in the mid…
201084 pts

There's a vegetal smell and taste to this Pinot Blanc that detracts from the otherwise fine orange and peach flavors. After a long string of superior bottlings of this variety since 2003, Kynsi simply ran into the most challengingly cold vintage in years.
200690 pts

This is the fourth 90-point score this bottling has earned in as many years, meaning the wine has hit a very nice stride. Made with no oak, it offers a crisp, fruity freshness, with flavors of limes, tangerines, peaches, pears and vanilla.