Aperture Cellars is the opening that lets gentle right into a digital camera. Via this lens, Jesse Katz and his photographer father Andy Katz search California to search out “particular soils wherein to create memorable [wine] journeys.” They make wines that concentrate on wine, life and soil.
Chenin Blanc wines are well-known within the Loire Valley and South Africa. The Aperture Barrel Fermented Chenin Blanc has most of the traits you’ll look forward to finding there in different areas. However the grapes are grown in Clarksburg, California’s Sacramento Delta, on previous vines planted there within the Nineteen Forties.
This wine has a right away aroma of peaches and pears. Let it heat only a second within the glass, and its minerality turns into extra obvious. On the palate there’s a beautiful steadiness of slight chalkiness, pears and stewed apricots, with a puckery tinge of tangerine acidity within the end.
Whereas this description might seem to be an image of a fruit basket drawn in chalk on a blackboard, the wine is way from two-dimensional. Twenty p.c of the wine is aged in oak – impartial French oak – which provides texture. Although general the wine is fruity and lightweight on the palate.
A terrific selection for a heat summer season day or served along with your vacation dinner. Screwcapped and pretty low alcohol too. Maintain it chilled.
WHO: Aperture Cellars
WHAT: 100% chenin blanc
WHERE: Clarksburg, California
HOW MUCH: $35
ABV: 12.7%
RATING: 90
