The Desert Wine Guy - 2012 Burning Tree Cellars - "The Peddler"

Burning Tree Cellars "The Peddler"

   Today we have another Arizona wine that is up for review dear readers. I want to tell you guys straight out that I really like Arizona wine in general and having made a few trips to the state, I just so happen to have to have a few of their wines available to review. This particular wine is a white wine and of the varietal known as Viognier (vee-own-yay). I bought this wine while going thru the Verde Valley wine trail in Arizona. On this particular trip I happened to stop at Burning Tree Cellars (http://burningtreecellars.com/) in Cottonwood Arizona. In keeping it real with you guys as I always do, I have to reveal to you that I have never tasted this particular varietal prior to tasting it at the winery. After the quick tasting I decided that I really liked the wine and so I brought home a bottle for this review.

Burning Tree Cellars Tasting Room

    Let's begin with the Bouquet here. Awesome Pear is the first note that hit my nose. I loved it! Talk about a Spring or Summer white folks, this is another fine example of wines that fit right into a particular season. Following up the Pear is a note of fresh, juicy Peach that while you can't taste it here, just simply came right along and jumped on board for the ride. Up next on the Nose is some rather nice Nectarine that was present in super nice amounts as well as some good old Honeydew which added its two cents in to top off the bouquet. I probably don't have to tell you right now that I thoroughly am enjoying the nose of this wine. I am hoping that the rest of the wine won't disappointment me.
   On to this wines appearance in my glass. The wine appeared as a light to medium golden color. Although nothing really impressive to look at I have been fooled by the color of a wine before into thinking that the wine was not good when it would actually turne out to be great. I have debated at times at wheather or not I should be deducting 1 point from the overall score of a wine due to its appeareance but I haven't yet decided on that. Let's Move on now to the main part of the review.
   On the Palette notes of Apricot and Nectarine simply jump right out at you here folks. The pear previously mentioned on the Nose seems to inject itself into the wine as well. There is also a wonderful and unique spiciness to this white wine that I really am enjoying. Now for those of you who were beginning to get worried after see what the wine is presenting. No, there is no need to worry about this being an overly sweet or sugary wine as this is not the case by any means folks. While there is some Sugar to the wine it seems to be fairly well sudued in general and is only just slightly noticeable on the Palette but not overdone at all. We are certainly not talking about a Riesling or a Moscato here folks, this expression of the varietal stands on its own.

Viognier Grape

    Wrapping this review up here I need to tell you (again) that I really liked the spice that this wine exhibited, it was almost like a spicy acidity that really presented this wine from the glass to your mouth superbly and kind of gave me more that I really expected actually. Minerality in this wine is explosive as well. Here is a wine that will simply blow your mind folks. Another Arizona wine that truly excels. I am giving this wine 92 points on The Desert Wine Guy rating scale. What a shame on the appearance in my glass however but that appeareance did not ruin this wine for me nor should it for you. Overall this is a fairly soft wine but yet as I said does indeed present to the drinker a nice note of spice here as well a wonderful Palette of fruit to both the nose and the palette.Yes this is truly an exceptional wine, Yes this wine truly blows you away. Yes this wine truly makes you yearn for more. And yes.....this wine truly is worthy of the score I gave it
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