2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc
2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc
2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc
2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc
2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc
2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc

2018 Walson Holland Mélange Blanc

40% Grenache Blanc, 20% Viognier, 20% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne

Raised 22 months on the lees in French oak barrels, 30% new oak. Unfined and Unfiltered. 125 Cases Produced.

The 2018 Mélange Blanc is a wine with luscious aromatics of crushed pineapple, jasmine and Meyer lemon zest, layered with graham cracker crust, marzipan and brioche. The complexity on the nose gives way to a rich and elegant texture that unfurls in the mouth as orange oil and white peach, balanced with focused acidity. 

  • Alcohol: 14.1%
  • pH: 3.53
  • Acid: 5.5 g/L
  • Bottled: August 25, 2020
  • Vineyard: Jack McGinley Vineyard (Happy Canyon AVA), and Camp 4 (Santa Ynez AVA)

Reviews

94 + Points
The 2018 Melange Blanc is a blend of 40% Grenache Blanc, 20% Marsanne, 20% Roussanne, and 20% Viognier from Jack McGinley Vineyard in Happy Canyon and Camp 4 Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley. It sings of fresh pears, honeysuckle, and orange blossom with wafts of lime leaves, yellow apples, and white peach. The medium to full-bodied palate has a satiny texture and lively backbone framing the intense, perfumed stone fruit flavors, finishing with a long, lingering citrus lift. This spent 22 months in barrel, on lees, with the Marsanne and Roussanne stirred regularly for about a year to lend more weight and texture. 30% new oak was used, all on the Marsanne & Roussanne, and all varieties were barrel fermented. The wine was bottle-aged for a year prior to release.

—Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Independent