Winery LiocoAntle Vineyard Pinot Blanc
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The Antle Vineyard Pinot Blanc of the Winery Lioco is in the top 0 of wines of Chalone.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lioco's Antle Vineyard Pinot Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Centennial seedless
Table grape with long bunches and elongated golden seedless (pipless) berries, thin skin and crunchy flesh with a pleasant sweet flavour. Early ripening and productive. Very rarely vinified. Grown in California, Chile, South Africa and Australia for export markets, prized for its attractive appearance and good shelf life. American seedless white table grape variety, developed in California in 1980.
Informations about the Winery Lioco
The Winery Lioco is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 40 wines for sale in the of Chalone to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chalone
First AVA of Monterey County (1982), 8,640 acres at 1,800 ft in the Gabilan Mountains: California's only AVA on Burgundy-comparable limestone. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir signature varieties (~100 acres each) — Chardonnay with stone fruit, lemon curd and toasted hazelnut, wet stone minerality and saline chalky texture from limestone. Elegant structured Pinot Noir. Decomposed granite, 50°F thermal amplitude, 12-14 in rainfall, rare mineral identity.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Tannic
Said of an astringent wine rich in tannins.
