Drink.  Learn.  Laugh.  Repeat.

Welcome Back!Sign in here:

Not Registered?Become one of our thirsty clan 333,078 strong:

Register Today!

Stags' Leap Winery Viognier 2016 Wine Review

Stags' Leap Winery Viognier 2016

Stags' Leap Winery Viognier 2016

Napa Valley, California, United States

Community Score:92/100

Community Reviews: 3

  Add My Review


Price: $39.95

Drink: 2018-2022

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 14%

Sweetness: Dry

Wine Type: White Wine


Winery: Stags' Leap Winery

Agent: Mark Anthony Wine & Spirits

Natalie's Score: 92/100

Perfect Viognier! Floral and lime blossom notes lead followed by a zippy lime zest. Medium-bodied and thoroughly delicious. Get out of your white wine rut with this one. I love when wine gets better the more you try it. Wonderfully seductive aromas of peach and pink grapefruit on the finish. Yes please!  Finishes with aromas of white peach and floral notes. Pretty!

Viognier food pairings: chicken, cloved ham, lobster, sushi, grilled seafood, pork.

Plush Pork Wine

This Stags' Leap Winery Viognier 2016 was reviewed on July 3, 2018 by Natalie MacLean

More Vintages: 2019  2018  2013  2012  2011 

  Add New Vintage

Pricing & Stock Information

  • BCLDB
  • 393348
  • $27.51 
  • Check Stock

Reviews and Ratings

Rebecca Meir-Liebman - Sommelier rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

From a very well known winery that rarely disappoints, this is wine is no exception! Stag's Leap is one of the oldest wineries in Napa – they’ve been making wines since 1893 – and has a great appreciation of and respect for the Viognier grape. This is a richly textured wine, with some attractive buttery and poached peach notes on the nose. On the palate it's full-bodied with apricot and peaches on the mid-palate, and a sharp, acidic finish. Enjoy some pleasant complexity as the flavours evolve from buttery richness to peachy fruitiness, and finally lime. Pair it well with richer rosy fish – salmon or trout – Cornish hen or even a mildly spicy steak tartar.
Stags' Leap Winery was established in 1893. This Viognier is a testament to the fact that the know how to handle Rhone varietals like Viognier. Beautiful lime blossom and floral notes on the medium-bodied, dry Viognier with lime zest, ripe stonefruit, pink grapefruit and cake spice flavours, smooth and zesty on the palate -- a delicious 'drink now' Viognier. - Community Wine Reviews

If you liked the Stags' Leap Winery Viognier 2016, you might also like these wines:

WANT TO LEARN HOW TO

PAIR WINE
& FOOD?

Join me in a free online video class to learn the secrets to perfect pairings.

Wine of the Week

As featured on  

CTV Wine of the Week!

Quilt Red Wine
Red Blend 2020,
Napa Valley, California ...

Natalie MacLean

Natalie MacLean offers North America's most popular online wine and food pairing classes. She was named the World's Best Drinks Writer at the World Food Media Awards in Australia.

Natalie has published two books with Random House, both selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Year.

Join 333,078 thirsty wine lovers who get access to all of her wine reviews by becoming a member of her site. Take a free online pairing class with her here.

FEEL LOST IN THE

LCBO?

Know the wines you want before you even get to the store with my wine reviews. Join now. It's free.

Red, White & Drunk All Over

  Best Books of the Year

Red, White & Drunk all over by Natalie MacLean

Natalie MacLean writes about wine with a sensuous obsession... and often laugh-out-loud funny... Terrific.

Rex Pickett, Sideways

Ms. MacLean is the disarming Everywoman. She loves wine, loves drinking ... ultimately, it's a winning formula.

Eric Asimov, The New York Times

GOT A SMARTPHONE?

Access my reviews on mobile with the bar code scanner.

GET NAT'S APP

Unquenchable: A Tipsy Search

  Best Books of the Year

Unquenchable by Natalie MacLean

Natalie MacLean is a new force in the wine writing world ‐ a feisty North American answer to Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson. She can write beautifully about wine.

The Financial Times of London

There are very few people in the wine world who "get it" and Natalie is one of those who brings more fun to a buttoned-up and stodgy game.

Gary Vaynerchuck, Wine Library TV

Starting a Wine Cellar?

Expert advice for all budgets

Insider tips on starting a wine cellar
From wine racks to underground caves, insider tips on size and space, number of bottles, ideal conditions and reputable resources.   learn more  
Winner World's Best Drink Writer
WFour-Time Winner James Beard Foundation
Five-Time Winner Association of Food Journalists
Six-Time Winner Bert Greene Award
Best Wine Literature Book Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Online Writer of the Year Louis Roederer International Wine Writing Award