*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Don Sebastiani and Sons.
The Crusher series of wines is one of several labels from Don Sebastiani and Sons. It falls under the Three Loose Screws brand and is intended to be a line of affordable single varietal wines mostly from Clarksburg, CA. I wrote earlier about the Cabernet Sauvignon that didn’t much taste like Cabernet Sauvignon. This time I have the the 2007 The Crusher Viognier. It had a plastic cork, retails for about $12, and clocks in at 14.9% alcohol by volume…pretty high for a white wine.
I wanted to like this wine. I really did. In general, I love Viognier. But I didn’t love this. The nose showed banana, flowers, honey, lemon, melon, pineapple cream, underlying yellow apple, and pear. A good start. But in the mouth I found it to be very bitter and acidic. I also got vanilla, pear, peach, some oak, cream, apricot, and a spicy aftertaste. I see other reviews around the wine blog world that really liked this. NMS.
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