2023 Ojai Brick Barn Vineyard Viognier [D92][V92][JD90]

Producer: The Ojai Vineyard  
Region: Santa Barbara, Central Coast, California 
Varietal: Viognier  
Year: 2023 

Decanter, 92 Points 

"This is the first Ojai bottling from the Brick Barn Vineyard from this site, located west of Buellton outside the Sta. Rita Hills AVA in Santa Barbara County. It offers fragrant notes of salty sea spray, jasmine, lilac, and a touch of lemon and lime zest. Light to medium-bodied on the palate, it’s lean, focused, and linear with pithy grapefruit, flinty minerals, and thin-sliced ginger. The wine is barrel-fermented in neutral French oak, with malolactic fermentation blocked, and aged for seven months. Ojai Vineyard was founded in 1983 by winemaker Adam Tolmach." 

Vinous, 92 Points 

"The 2023 Viognier Brick Barn Vineyard is a gorgeous, distinctive white that marries varietal character with textural richness. White peach, jasmine, mint and white pepper open first, framed by slightly phenolic contours that add persistence through to the finish." 

Jeb Dunnuck, 90 Points 

"From a site next to Buelton, the 2023 Viognier Brick Barn Vineyard is 100% varietal brought up mostly in neutral oak. It has a pretty nose of ripe stone fruits, tart apricot, and white flowers, with a kiss of salinity that emerges on the palate. It's medium-bodied, has a pure, elegant mouthfeel, nicely integrated acidity, and a great finish." 

Winemaker Notes: 

"This Viognier has a fresh and airy quality that speaks to Santa Barbara County’s cooler climates. Still, there’s all the aromatic intensity you can expect." 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

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