1996 Roussanne: Peach Pie in a Glass

I received a call from a customer recently asking about our 1999 Roussanne, Chequera Vineyard.

So I ventured into the wine library, which is actually a damp underground root cellar below our 1921 farmhouse.  After braving a flurry of startled frogs and rummaging around in the few whites left, I found a bottle of  our 1996 Dover Canyon Roussanne, Chequera Vineyard.

This was the last bottle. It was tucked against a stone wall, all alone and outside of the wooden boxes we use for shelving. As there were no bottles of the 1999 vintage left, I opened it anyway, just as Dan was finishing a pot of his winter comfort food--smoked hamhocks simmered in chicken broth with coarse cut Maya onions and carrots.

Color: deep harvest gold, still a ways from becoming pumpkin.

Aromatics: mango, peach pie, candied Meyer lemon, creamy lemon meringue