Drum roll please, now presenting our only white wine, Viognier. It's pronounced Vee-O-Nee-Yay -- just practice saying it a few times, even us wine geeks needed to practice before feeling safe enough to pronounce it in public. Viognier is one of the great white wine grapes of the Northern Rhone Valley of France, where it grows on decomposed granite hillsides, just like here at Cedarville.

In 2001, we hand sorted the grapes (as we do with all our grapes), then placed them directly into our press as whole clusters, and moved the free run press juice to a tank to start fermentation with temperature control. Part way through fermentation, we transferred the wine/juice to older French oak barrels to complete fermentation. We kept the wine in the same barrels, stirring the lees regularly for 14 months before moving the wine to a stainless steel tank for bottling.

Estate Vineyard Block: North facing Viognier block

14.5% alcohol

Price: $20

Cases Produced: 120

Tasting Note: The 2001 Viognier has a wonderfully pure pear and honey character on the nose which continues in the mouth with a seductive richness, and a touch of crisp acidity ideal with matching with food.