Esprit de Tablas Blanc 2023

Tablas Creek Vineyard (hentet 17. okt. 2026): 2023 Esprit de Tablas Blanc – 48% Roussanne 22% Grenache Blanc 13% Picpoul Blanc 10% Bourboulenc 5% Picardan 2% Clairette Blanche; appellation: Adelaida District Paso Robles; alkohol 12.5%. Om vinen (producentens tekst, engelsk): The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2023 Esprit de Tablas Blanc is our flagship white blend, chosen from the top lots of six white Rhone varieties propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. Roussanne provides the core richness, minerality, and flavors of honey and spice, while Grenache Blanc adds green apple and anise flavors, lush mouthfeel and bright acids. Picpoul Blanc adds pineapple brightness and saline minerality, Bourboulenc provides limestoney, citrusy lift, Picardan brings a little burst of acid, with mineral notes, and Clairette Blanche finishes with clean fruitiness and chalky minerality. Smagsnote (producentens tekst, engelsk): A deep nose of honeycomb, baked pear, white flowers, lemongrass, vanilla bean, and key lime pie. The palate is rich and broad but with lift too, with flavors of fresh apricot, creme brulee, preserved lemon, citrus pith, chalky minerals. The finish leaves lingering notes of grilled pineapple, green herbs, and a kiss of sweet oak. Drink now to enjoy its freshness or let it age for up to two decades for deeper flavors of caramel and roasted nuts. Updated tasting notes from a June 2026 vertical tasting can be found on the Tablas Creek blog. Årgang og vinifikation (producentens tekst, engelsk): The 2023 vintage began with our wettest-ever winter, replenishing groundwater and delaying budbreak. It continued with our coolest growing season in more than a decade, which combined with the late start to produce a harvest roughly a month later than most recent years, beginning in mid-September and not concluding until mid-November. Warm, sunny weather starting in October allowed the later-ripening varieties to reach full maturity. The exceptionally long hangtime and gradual ripening combined to produce fruit with deep colors, remarkable intensity, and noteworthy vibrancy. We believe 2023 has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster year. The grapes for our Esprit de Tablas Blanc were grown on our biodynamic and Regenerative Organic Certified® estate vineyard. The fruit was whole cluster pressed, and fermented with native yeasts. The Roussanne was fermented in oak of various sizes: 60-gallon oak barrels, 170-gallon demi-muids, and 1200-gallon foudres, about 10% new. The other varieties were fermented in a mix of neutral oak and stainless steel barrels. All the wines went through malolactic fermentation. The Esprit Blanc was selected from the vintage's best lots, blended, and returned to foudre in April 2024, aged an additional 8 months in foudre until its bottling in December 2024, then aged an additional 9 months in bottle before its release.