Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Cornerstone Winery.
While our weather has turned unseasonably cool in DC for August, I’m still digging white wines. The summer screams white wine and bubbles to me and we’ve been drinking plenty of both lately. I played roulette in the basement and hit upon the 2012 Stepping Stone White Rocks from Cornerstone Cellars to taste. The wine has a screw cap closure, clocks in at 14.1% alcohol by volume, and retails for $18 a bottle.
Four takeaways from this wine:
1.) Drink with heat. Which we generally have plenty of in the DC area.
2.) I love the Stepping Stone line from Cornerstone for the price points and the experimentation.
3.) My favorite is the Cabernet Franc.
4.) If I weren’t sipping the White Rocks on my front porch, I’d pair it with my cheese course or a light grilled white fish.
2012 Stepping Stone White Rocks from Cornerstone
On the nose I found floral and lime notes, other citrus, wet stones, orange blossoms, and white pepper. In the mouth I got citrus, lemon, lime, more citrus, and lots of citrus. Overall I’d call the wine zippy, bright, fruity and fun. (Somewhere I have misplaced my camera card and the photos of this bottle with it…)
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