any good california viogniers?

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Try Pride Mountain Vineyards and if you can find it they make a late harvest viogner as well.

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Pride's "Mistelle de Viognier" is actually a fortified wine, not a late-harvest, but boy is it delicious. Sold in 375 ml bottles for around $55 (I think) it smells of raw pumpkin and sweet melon and has an exciting and viscous mouthfeel with plenty of complexity and sweetness. It isn't sticky sweet though and the lift from the accidity is a nice touch. It's perfect paired with blue cheeses and honey.

Have you tried getting your hands on Terra Valentine's Viognier? It's the best we've tried from California and that includes bottles from Miner, Pride, Calera, and Turnbull. The latter four I don't really care for actually but Terra Valentine is doing nice stuff up Spring Mountain. The Viognier might be a winery-only wine so check out their website and join the list for future offerings. It was sold out when we were there in December 2006.