Sculpterra Winery, Paso Robles (California) Viognier 2018

  A very dramatic wine, this comes billowing out of the glass with highly expressive aromas of honeysuckle blossoms and ripe peach fruit, and those same descriptors work emphatically well for the lead flavor notes, with some tropical fruit notes joining the party in the finish, along with a faint streak of alcoholic heat.  That touch of heat is not really distracting on account of how compelling the aromas and flavors are, and the full ripening of the fruit that brought the alcohol into play was necessary to get all that aroma and flavor.  A Double Gold Award winner at the 2020 Toast of the Coast International Wine Competition.