WTN: Don’t Peay the Ferryman

[David M. Bueker]

Don’t even fix a price…

• 2016 Peay Vineyards Roussanne/Marsanne Estate - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast (1/6/2022)
  A little time in the cellar, and this is a very well integrated blend of the richness of the grapes and some fresh acid backbone. I have always struggled to express what I get from white Rhône grapes, but this seems like dry honey and warm hay, which is a very comforting mix. Wish I could have gotten more, but when this was released I was allocated one bottle.

[Jenise]

Dry honey and warm hay...words I'd have never thought of but when I think of some great new world Roussannes I've had this fits perfectly. Will admit, though, to never having had a California roussanne that I'm aware of. It does grow well up here and I'm helpless to pass up a bottle when I see it. Love the grape. It could replace chardonnay for me if there were more of it.

[David M. Bueker]

I have scouted around for a few. Tercero makes one, but it’s pure Roussanne. I have one from Holus Bolus as well, and will open that soon.

I really like USA Roussanne, and I am generally not a Rhône white fan.