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2021 Tensley, Laird Vineyard Marsanne, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

  • White
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Marsanne
Ready - youthful
Product: 20218162861
2021 Tensley, Laird Vineyard Marsanne, Santa Barbara County, California, USA

Description

Made from 100% Marsanne from Santa Maria Valley (just across the valley from the famous Bien Nacido vineyard), this has a fine, rounded nose, fresh with notes of fleshy ripe pear, yellow apple and mango. There is an obviously ripeness to the fruit aromas, yet this wine is so measured on the palate and so well balanced. It is brilliantly judged with freshness and poise, and a long, lovely finish. This is very impressive.

Drink now to 2032

Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Marsanne
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Tensley Wines

About this wine

Marsanne

Marsanne is the predominant white grape variety grown in the Northern Rhône where it is used to produce white St. Joseph, Crozes-Hermitage, and Hermitage. It is a tricky grape to cultivate, being susceptible to diseases and being particularly sensitive to extreme climatic changes - if growing conditions are too cool, then it fails to ripen fully and produces thin, insipid wines, while, if too hot, the resultant wines are blowsy, overblown and out of balance.
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