Winemaker Notes
Notes of apple butter, macadamia nut, white flowers, poached pear, caviar lime, yellow plum, loquat, lemongrass, and wet stone. The palate is clean, pure, energetic, and mid-palate focused, with a suave, mouthwatering finish.
Blend: 54% Clairette Blanche, 46% Grenache Blanc
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Crisp while subtly opulent aromas of peach and lemon are offset by an alkaline kick throughout the nose of this blend of 54% Clairette Blanche and 46% Grenache Blanc. The chalk aspect consumes the precise palate, where apple slices, pineapple and ripe cherimoya flavors shine.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Beautiful Earth White is a blend of 54% Clairette Blanche and 46% Grenache Blanc that features bright citrus and green orchard fruits on the nose with wafts of baker’s yeast, crushed stone, beeswax and white blossoms. The palate is fragrant, fresh and bright, with lifted, mineral-laced flavors and a long, textural finish that makes this great for food and will allow it to gain a bit more savory complexity with a few years of bottle age. Rating: 92+
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Wine Spectator
Boldly expressive yet crisp and elegant, with bright peach, orange peel and spiced almond flavors that build texture and richness on the finish. Clairette Blanche and Grenache Blanc. Drink now.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 McPrice Myers Beautiful Earth White Wine underscores how attractive and well-balanced wines made from the Westside of Paso Robles can be. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of ripe fruits and dried herbs. Pair it with lime-accented ceviche. (Tasted: October 9, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.
Paso Robles has made a name for itself as a source of supple, powerful, fruit-driven Central Coast wines. But with eleven smaller sub-AVAs, there is actually quite a bit of diversity to be found in this inland portion of California’s Central Coast.
Just east over the Santa Lucia Mountains from the chilly Pacific Ocean, lie the coolest in the region: Adelaida, Templeton Gap and (Paso Robles) Willow Creek Districts, as well as York Mountain AVA and Santa Margarita Ranch. These all experience more ocean fog, wind and precipitation compared to the rest of the Paso sub-appellations. The San Miguel, (Paso Robles) Estrella, (Paso Robles) Geneso, (Paso Robles) Highlands, El Pomar and Creston Districts, along with San Juan Creek, are the hotter, more western appellations of the greater Paso Robles AVA.
This is mostly red wine country, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel standing out as the star performers. Other popular varieties include Merlot, Petite Sirah, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Grenache and Rhône blends, both red and white. There is a fairly uniform tendency here towards wines that are unapologetically bold and opulently fruit-driven, albeit with a surprising amount of acidity thanks to the region’s chilly nighttime temperatures.