McKahn Family Cellars, Russian River Valley (Sonoma County, California) Viognier 2020

May 16, 2023

By Vince Simmon

 McKahn Family Cellars, founded in 2014, focuses on site-specific, Rhône variety wines.  Their Viognier is sourced from Catie’s Corner, a certified sustainable and fish friendly farming certified site.  Viognier originates from the Northern Rhône where it is made on steep slopes just south of Lyon in France.  McKahn’s Viognier shows fresh melon, pear, wax, white blossom, and nectarine but also has clove and vanilla notes that provide complexity and depth.  This is a great bottle and a textbook example of American Viognier.          

Country / Region

Sonoma County, California

Appellation

Russian River Valley

Grape Variety

Viognier

Color

White

Vintage

2020

Score

92

Price

US $ 37.00

Producer

McKahn Family Cellars