2005 Fess Parker Viognier > Wine Forums - THE Wine Forum - On VinoCellar.com

Home

Help

Friday, August 29, 2008

You are here : Wine Forums

VinoCellar.com Wine Forums

Subject: 2005 Fess Parker Viognier

You are not authorized to post a reply.

Author

Messages

wineismylife User is Offline

Arlington, TX

Master of Wine
Posts:12246

01/21/2007 4:17 PM
2005 Fess Parker Viognier - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County (1/20/2007) WIML87,PURPLE87,NOWA,NOWS Tasted January 20, 2007 at home as part of the Wino Depot Tasting With Friends event. Opened and served immediately in a Spiegelau Authentis Weiss Wein glass. Light yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of lychee and apricots, fairly light aromas. Maybe some peach as well. Flavors of passion fruit, apricots and maybe some cantaloupe or honeydew melon. Light acidity with light body. Fairly simply and straightforward wine to be consumed now. Based on our local retail price of $16.99 I’d consider the value here acceptable by just a hair. (87 pts.)

Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone.

phlin

Grape Sorter
Posts:275

01/31/2007 1:28 AM
Quote: 2005 Fess Parker Viognier - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County (1/20/2007) WIML87,PURPLE87,NOWA,NOWS Tasted January 20, 2007 at home as part of the Wino Depot Tasting With Friends event. Opened and served immediately in a Spiegelau Authentis Weiss Wein glass. Light yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of lychee and apricots, fairly light aromas. Maybe some peach as well. Flavors of passion fruit, apricots and maybe some cantaloupe or honeydew melon. Light acidity with light body. Fairly simply and straightforward wine to be consumed now. Based on our local retail price of $16.99 I’d consider the value here acceptable by just a hair. (87 pts.) in other words, serve to family or guests?

wineismylife User is Offline

Arlington, TX

Master of Wine
Posts:12246

01/31/2007 2:49 AM
Why not? Take a sip yourself before you pull that special bottle out from behind the bar.

Joe ----- Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone.

juggernt

Tampa, FL, USA

Wine Bottler
Posts:3414

02/02/2007 9:39 PM
Wine with a celebrity's name on the label just haven't done it for me in the past. Fess Parker, Arnold Palmer, Coppola, and Greg Norman have all been disappointing to me.

Visit The Butcher Block at http://www.butcherblocktampa.com/

Eric White User is Offline

San Ramon, CA

Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9228

02/05/2007 3:50 AM
Don't discount Fess Parker so quickly - there's a quality revolution going on there lead by Larry Shafferer (posts on eBob), and the wines are getting better and better. IMO, a winery to keep on the radar.

phlin

Grape Sorter
Posts:275

02/05/2007 7:57 AM
i agree, especially with respect to their syrah.

phlin

Grape Sorter
Posts:275

04/02/2007 9:54 PM
2005 Fess Parker Viognier - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County (4/2/2007) Mother stopped by for an afternoon visit and was hankering for a drink. So I popped this one open, knowing it would be reliable and well received. Sweet nose of candied peaches and mango custard. On the palate, the rich buttery texture complements the ripe peach, mango, and mineral flavors. With air, more roundness, but also more heat. Long minerally finish. I happen to prefer the Rodney's Vineyard viognier much more, but this was quite decent, if a bit simple, and my mother was more than happy to take the rest of the bottle home with her. (88 pts.)

You are not authorized to post a reply.