Tasting Highlights: California Rhône-Style Whites

Viognier and other white Rhône grape varieties offer intensely aromatic wines
MaryAnn Worobiec
Posted: March 9, 2009

California white wines are known for their bold fruit flavors, and often for their oaky notes. But those made from white Rhône varieties have something else going for them: intense, fragrant aromas. They are often perfumed and heady, with floral, peach and honey.

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