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Tightrope Winery Viognier 2021

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Deborah Podurgiel WSET IV Candidate rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Possibly the best Viognier Tightrope Winery has made yet. Delicious and spot on balanced in every way, the wine is fresh and fragrant with warm white florals, ripe apple, Anjou pear, apricot, vanilla and ginger spice rich and satiny on the palate with bright acidity.

Sourced from the winery’s estate Fleet Road Vineyard, grapes are sustainably grown, hand-harvested and for the 2021 vintage, vines were shoot and leaf thinned with fruit dropped to one cluster per shoot.

Grapes were whole cluster pressed and the juice settled out for three days prior to being racked off for fermentation in a combination of French oak & Acacia barrels. The wine was aged on its lees for three months giving the wine its silky-satiny flow and finish. Fermentation took 14 days to complete and there was no malolactic conversion. Absolutely lovely now. Tasted April 2023.




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Tightrope Winery Viognier 2021, Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, BC, Canada Natalie has not yet reviewed this wine. It's listed here for your convenience so that you can find it easily in your local liquor store. Drink: 2023-2025. 13.10% D 750 mL  $27.00. March 30, 2023  Full Review

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