A last minute decision, we decided to backtrack and go to this winery. It was definitely a sight. Hotel, pool, restaurants, tasting bars were all packed together onto the estate, similar to a wine Disneyland.
Without realizing what we were doing, we walked upstairs for the better view... And the more expensive tasting. Oh well.
The I Mille vernaccia white was the first we tried, and one of our favorites. offering alluring notes of white flowers, hay, kumquat, peach, and pomelo with a pink peppercorn finish. It was a very surprising white.
We also tried the 2016 reserve pinot Noir, syrah, and I Mille petite syrah, and snuck our way in to tasting the 2017 reserve chardonnay and reserve viogner after we mentioned we liked the I Mille white the best. Highlight was the tasting of the $120 bottle of Archimedes, a luxurious Cabernet Sauvignon wine that delivers strong, but elegant, flavors of black cherries and plums. I don't expect I will ever drink many 3 digit bottle of wines, but this one did not disappoint.
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