Tasting - The Y Series Viongnier

 

This is the 2021 Y Series Viognier. It retails for $17 and is from Southern Australia. The tasting notes claim it is "attractive, floral, heady, perfumed aromas of peach & apricot skins. The wine is dry with loads of peach & pear fruit & an underlying pineapple freshness. It is medium to full bodied with quite rich, oily fruit supported by fresh acidity that cuts through giving balance. There are exotic notes of tropical blossom. Alcohol is balanced to warm & the freshness ensures the flavors last." Wine Folly describes a Viognier to be an off-dry, medium bodied white wine with notes of tangerine, peach, mango, honeysuckle, and rose. From my tasting, I found the color to be a pale yellow, and the aroma to be... generally unpleasant. I finally understood Boyer's description of "cat pee" with this wine as my initial thought after smelling it was "this smells like a diaper". Other than the diaper smell, I noticed some aromas of pear and vegetal scents like asparagus and grass. The taste was much better than the smell, thankfully, with more vegetal and herbal notes showing, as well as some honeysuckle notes. It had a medium body and was dry to off-dry. Although, I don't understand the peach and apricot that the tasting notes described. This was definitely a different experience than most white wines I've tried, but as a drank it grew on my more and I am excited to try more wines to open up my palate a bit more.