Producer: Sandlands Vineyards
Region: Sonoma County, California
Varietal: Trousseau
Year: 2016

"Tegan Passalacqua, also the winemaker for Turley Wine Cellars, says that the Turley Bechthold Cinsault, which I discussed in my column last week, was “the first Sandlands wine.” He means that the Bechthold profile — delicate weight, crunchy fruit, earth and flowers — inspired him to seek out plantings for his Sandlands label like this Trousseau from the Bohan Vineyard on the Sonoma Coast. The Trousseau is more about aroma than flavor, showing sweet strawberry and wildflowers, tiptoeing across the palate rather than embracing it." - Esther Mobley, SF Chronicle

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