I shared a bottle of Whitman Cellars 2004 Viognier, Walla Walla Valley (scroll down to bottom of link to see wine description) with my friend Andy. Nice fruit aroma, especially pear and pineapple. We both know the winemaker so it's really a pleasure to keep up with his exploits. This particular one got a 90 from the Wine Spectator, which is very good.
It's barrel fermented in new French oak and left on lees for three months. It's only slightly oaky. When I made a white wine and left it on new oak for only a little over a month, it came out really oaky---course I like that. Steve makes too much wine to drink all himself, unlike me, so he has to make good stuff.
Bravo Steve!
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