Navarro Vineyards, Anderson Valley (Mendocino County, California) Dry Muscat Blanc 2019

 This wine hits again in a blind tasting.  For me, this is one of the great white wines of the world.  Year in and year out, it delivers the goods in grand style, and in such a way that you’ll wonder why more wineries aren’t trying to do something like it, aside from a few holdouts in Alsace.  I suspect it may be that Navarro has set the bar so high that winemakers think it better to turn their focus elsewhere.  It’s got perfect varietal aromas and flavors, and a finish that will have you at the bottom of the bottle in no time, thanks in no small part to low alcohol.  A Platinum Award winner at the 2020 Critics Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition.