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Kiamie Wine Cellars 2006 Paso Robles Kiamie White KuvéeOnly 250 Cases Produced This featured wine is no longer available for purchase on Indie Winemakers. Join our Mailing List (see at left) to be notified when a new featured wine is offered. |
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The San Francisco Chronicle ranked this wine in the Top 15 wines tasted in the White Rhone varietal category. 57 wines were tasted in the category that includes Viognier, Roussanne and Marsanne. HotCosts has a small allocation of their final inventory available for sale this week only.
About Kiamie Wine Cellars
Kiamie's vision: to create truly distinctive blends not limited to a predefined wine style, but instead made from the best fruit Paso Robles has to offer.About The Featured Wine
Made of 65 percent Roussanne (roo-sahn) and 35 percent Viognier (vee-ohn-yay), the grapes came from the Derby Vineyard, formerly the Rosette Vineyard, in Westside Paso Robles. The vineyard is located on Live Oak Road in west Paso Robles in what is referred to as the Templeton Gap. The property is about 10-15 miles inland from the Pacific, and cool air flowing through the breaks in the Santa Lucias combined with altitudes ranging from 900 to 1050 feet put this vineyard into the upper echelon of premium viticulture. The vineyard was planted in 1998 to Rhone varieties including Viognier, Marsanne, Rousanne, Counoise, Grenache, Mourvedre, and Syrah.
Summary of Tasting Event
This wine was tasted in January, 2008 by San Francisco Chronicle staff. The review says "This wine has an almost candied nose of honeydew, papaya and ripe pear with underlying golden apple. Nicely crafted, there's a perception of sweetness with a vanilla hint balanced by tangy acidity."
The winery's suggested pairing this white blend with Creamy Roasted Cauliflower and Artichoke Soup.
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| Light Bodied | Medium Bodied | Full Bodied |
| Drink Now (0-3 yrs) | Will Age (3-5 yrs) | Will Age (8-10 yrs) |
| Slightly Fruity | Fruity | Very Fruity |
| No Tannins | Softer Tannins | Heavier Tannins |
| Low Acidity | Medium Acidity | High Acidity |
| No Residual Sugar Dry | Off Dry | Sweet |
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Indie Winemakers' Tasting Notes
Our mission is to provide unbiased opinions of the wine being offered. These notes come from up to 10 guests who tasted this wine in a blind tasting format (wine is concealed so their identity is unknown). Why this format? Tasting blind completely throws out any hype associated with a certain winery, style, price point, etc; it forces the taster to accept what is in the glass without any predetermined notions. Our guests utilize Robert Parker's Glossary of Wine Terms for their comments for consistency purposes. In addition, we utilize the wine aroma wheel to enhance one’s ability to describe the complexity of wine flavor. Notes are posted on this wine during the tasting to ensure they accurately reflect the impressions.
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Technical Data - Kiamie Wine Cellars 2006 Paso Robles Kiamie White Kuvée
Wine Technical Data |
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| Blend | 65 percent Roussanne and 35 percent Viognier |
| Appelation | Paso Robles Westside AVA Derby Vineyard |
| Harvest Dates | Through-out October, 2005 |
| Sugar at Harvest | 24.X degrees Brix |
| Fermentation | About 7 days with 2 punchdowns/day |
| Alcohol | 14.75% by volume |
| Acidity | PH = 3.65, TA = 0.67 |
Vintage Description
The vineyard used in this blend is from Westside Paso Robles, a region well-known for its calcareous soils which are more closely akin to the premium winegrowing areas of Europe than those commonly found in California. Produced entirely from small-lot fermentations.
Winemaker Steve Glossner's Tasting Notes
This wine exhibits a beautiful, golden hue. On the nose are expressions of white peach, beeswax and sweet vanilla bean. The palate is full and viscous giving the impression of sweetness, while remaining bone dry.