WTN: Calera Mt. Harlan Viognier 2006

Prompted by Tom Hills recent revisit of aged CA Viognier, I decided to open a fresh one of my favorite. here she is:
Dripping peach and apricot fruit, but classy and not oily or rotten (or rather 'bruised' peach as many CA viogniers present themselves to me.) The perfume is lovely, the texture firm, and the acidity balanced. Someone else commented that there was too much acid, and I can only guess that he'd been tasting too many CA Viogniers as of late. It really is a great wine and I've gotta think that the style is different than when Josh Jensen first jumped in (per Tom's notes.) As Calera fans know, the back label is chock full of info. The 2006 was brought in at 6.22 tons/acre (the 18 yr. Average is 2.41) and this year the price dropped almost double (this wine was $26), the production was 1078 cases. the 14,8% alc is not unusual, but to the wines credit I would've guessed far less.

Thanks for the update, Bill. I've not had the '06 yet, but will keep my eyes open for it.
That's a pretty large yield, but it sounds like the intensity didn't suffer for it.
Tom

Thanks for the update, Bill. I've not had the '06 yet, but will keep my eyes open for it.
That's a pretty large yield, but it sounds like the intensity didn't suffer for it.
Tom

I wonder what the deal was? I assume Calera wanted to sell more wine, but that is quite a jump. It's tough for me to get information on the vintage -especially since Hollister is so far off the beaten path. Any insight Tom?

I wonder what the deal was? I assume Calera wanted to sell more wine, but that is quite a jump. It's tough for me to get information on the vintage -especially since Hollister is so far off the beaten path. Any insight Tom?

Nope, Bill...no particular insight...clueless as usual. It could be just a one-time fluke is my guess. After set, Josh should have seen the
size of the crop and dropped fruit if he thought that high of yield would be a problem and make an inferior wine.
Tom