Tasting note

Best Buy! Several years ago, Joshua Maloney headed up the red winemaking for Chateau Ste. Michelle, but he continues to show his skill with white wines for the Milbrandt brothers. Part of his scuccess is the ability to work with Evergreen Vineyard, one of the top sites for white wines in the Northwest, and this bottling is 100% from that Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley planting. It features an array of aromatics, [starting] with dusty apricot, white peach, river rock and lemon. However, the nose doesn't prepare the drinker for the rush of fresh fruit flavors that hint at peach, apricot jam and sugared pink grapefruit. It is harmonius and lengthy as tartness of Granny Smith apple polishes up the 1.4% residual sugar. Rating: Outstanding! (Andy Perdue & Eric Degerman, greatnorthwestwine.com, Jan. 10, 2014)