Winemaker Notes
This wine pairs fabulously with grilled fish tacos and salsa fresca, avocado, fresh lime, and cilantro. Try it with summer salads like blood orange, shaved fennel, and arugula in a champagne vinaigrette. Or a Chioggia beet salad with toasted walnuts and gorgonzola or grilled yellowfin tuna with fresh guacamole, roasted fingerling potatoes, and Maui onions.
Vegan
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
One of California's most consistent, high-quality Chenin Blancs, the 2015 Vinum Cellars excels with its appealing, ripe melon and dried citrus peel aromas and flavors. The wine's rich palate and frisky aftertaste invite a pairing with cold-boiled chicken over Bulger wheat. (Tasted: November 7, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Enthusiast
This exciting, refreshing, superbly balanced wine has crisp green apple aromas and lively, almost electric lemon, lime and cucumber flavors. It's a great choice for lunch or with an appetizer course, since it's sure to get the conversation—as well as the appetite—going.
Editors' Choice.
Unquestionably one of the most diverse grape varieties, Chenin Blanc can do it all. It shines in every style from bone dry to unctuously sweet, oaked or unoaked, still or sparkling and even as the base for fortified wines and spirits. Perhaps Chenin Blanc’s greatest asset is its ever-present acidity, maintained even under warm growing conditions. Somm Secret—Landing in South Africa in the mid 1800s, today the country has double the acreage of Chenin Blanc planted compared to France. There is also a new wave of dedicated producers committed to restoring old Chenin vines.
The vineyards just inland from the Sacramento River Delta, along the deep banks of the Sacramento River, comprise the Clarksburg AVA. The River Delta channels in cold air and fog from the Pacific Ocean creating a cooling effect in this area. Warm summer days quickly change to chilly evenings and make a great environment for grape growing. While a range of grape varieties grow here, Chenin blanc stands out the most, distinguishing itself in the appellation.
The Clarksburg Wine Growers and Vintners Association, made up of nearly 50 grower members and over a dozen wineries, has been working since the late 1980s to promote the high quality wine of its region.