Marques de Murrieta Capellania White 2016
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The wine has a brilliant straw color, ripe white fruit aromas stand out in the nose, Golden apple, conference pear, hints of butter and glances of citric, fennel and smoked aromas. Balanced in the mouth with texture, fresh acidity and a long, sustained finish.
Ideal pairings include sole fillets, with red shrimp and fine velouté with Capellania reduction or mushroom risotto with grated Comte cheese
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Elegant and expressive, this white offers lemon curd, tropical fruit, almond and white blossom notes, backed by vanilla, baking spice and fennel seed accents that just go on and on. Inviting in texture, with a long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2028.
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This light yellow-colored wine has a bouquet of yuzu, butterscotch and lemongrass. Pineapple, mango, vanilla bean, eucalyptus and toffee flavors are set into a full-textured wine whose vivid acidity washes over the palate and lingers.
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