RH Phillips EXP Viognier 1997
Viognier
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Vintage
1997
Size
750ML
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Once upon a time, in a far away land called Condrieu, grew the mythical grape Viognier, available only to barons and wine brokers with big bucks. Even after Viognier immigrated to America, she was kept on her queenly throne of scarcity and high prices. Then, one day, Viognier found her way to the sunny slopes of the Dunnigan Hills where she threw off her shackles of heavy oak and butter. And, lo and behold, the dowager queen became a babe: rich and ripe with flavors of mangoes with a touch of sassy key lime. And at a price even surfers can afford. R.H. Phillips EXP is the Viognier for the90s: drink it young, drink it often. Fragrant aromas and flavors of peaches, apricots and hints of tropical fruits intermingle with subtle vanilla and spicy oak, creating richness on the palate with complex stonefruit and tropical flavors that linger.
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Other Vintages
2000-
Robert
Parker
In 1973 Karl and John Giguiere (along with John's wife Lane) went home to the Dunnigan Hills farm they grew up on to settle down to the idyll life on the family wheat and sheep operation. The charm of being shepherds quickly wore off when the three discovered that sheep use almost zero percent of their brains. The sheep were fired. In 1981, they planted 10 acres of Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc; in 1983, they started their own winery. Naming their new venture after the brothers' maternal grandfather, they launched R.H. Phillips with 4,000 cases of wine. They sold every drop. Next year they sold 40,000 cases; the year after that, they sold 150,000 cases. Today, R.H. Phillips has 1600 acres of grapes on the property, and produces over 400,000 cases of wine.
MET155320_1997 Item# 4012