Turley White Coat 2017 (75cl, 13.8%)

Turley White Coat is a Rhône-style white blend from Turley Wine Cellars, made from Roussanne, Grenache Blanc and Vermentino. The 2017 vintage is the estate's sole white wine, sourced from three estate vineyards across the Shenandoah Valley, Howell Mountain and Willow Creek sub-AVAs. Fermentation uses native yeast, and the wine ages for 15 months in concrete egg vessels and used French oak barrels, with no new oak, no lees stirring, and bottling unfined and unfiltered. The nose shows white flowers, honeycomb, white peach, nectarine, crushed minerals and orange peel. The palate has green pear, green apple, white plum and citrus, with lean acidity and noticeable viscosity. The finish carries sun-warmed stone fruit, white pepper and a persistent mineral thread.