2025 Viognier
Viognier is certainly Paso’s best white grape varietal and best known as the “Red
Wine Drinker’s White Wine,” due to its full-bodied mouthfeel and BIG finish. Our 2025
Viognier is just that! A powerfully ripe tasting white with tropical taste, subtle toasted
oak flavors with a full and lengthy finish. Viognier is our best-selling wine at Sculpterra.
Its award-winning track-record has helped it secure its high standing amongst our
many grape varieties. In 2025 we produced 2 Viogniers sourced from 2 sites and
blended the wines together before bottling. 7.30 tons were grown and harvested on
9/2/2025 from our very own Frankel Vineyards Estate Property; 2 blocks in total called,
“Lago De Los Patos,” and “Vista De Los Venados.” 5.04 tons were grown and harvested
on 9/18/2025 from J. Dusi vineyards right off highway 46 West. This wine blends both
Paso Roble’s East and West Side AVA’s; creating a truly memorable experience. Frankel
Vineyard fruit ripens early and displays peach and nectarine flavors. Dusi’s fruit ripens
late and contains high acidity, tart-apple and pear aromas. The 2025 growing season is
notable for its cool growing season. The below average temperatures made it a vintage
with heightened crips taste and puckering punch flavors.
Our 2025 Viognier brings back all the taste, flavors and aromas from past
vintages into one jam-packed product! I love this wine! Frist, its taste is vivid, and lively
with aromas of citrus, white peach, yellow apple, honeydew, apricot. The mouthfeel
finishes with fragrant white blossom honey.
We hand-harvested both Viognier Vineyards overnight and delivered the grapes
in half ton bins to the winery before daybreak. We whole cluster pressed the berries at
multiple intervals before ending the press cycle at a maximum pressure of 2.0 bars. The
juice was then chilled down to 40 degrees for 3 days before being racked and
transferred to small stainless fermentation tanks. We introduced untoasted and lightly
toasted French Oak Granulates into the tank before inculcating each lot. I elected to use
yeast ICV-D254 for our Frankel Vineyard’s Viognier. I use D254 our estate Viognier each
year due to its ability to enrich the natural varietal characteristics, stabilizing the wine’s
beautiful color and for it’s ability to increase mid and back palate taste. I choose yeast
Cross Evolution for Dusi Viognier fruit. A yeast known to boost the wines tropical
bouquets while maintaining the juice’s natural acidity. The blend of the two was filtered
then bottled on Tuesday February 17th 2026.
Viognier is certainly Paso’s best white grape varietal and best known as the “Red
Wine Drinker’s White Wine,” due to its full-bodied mouthfeel and BIG finish. Our 2025
Viognier is just that! A powerfully ripe tasting white with tropical taste, subtle toasted
oak flavors then finishes full and lengthy. Viognier is our best-selling wine at Sculpterra,
it’s award-winning track-record has helped it secure it’s high standing amongst our
many grape varieties. In 2025 we produced 2 Viogniers sourced from 2 sites and
blended the wines together before bottling. 7.30 tons were grown and harvest on
9/2/2025 from our very own Frankel Vineyards Estate Property; 2 blocks in total called,
“Lago De Los Patos,” and “Vista De Los Venados.” 5.04 tons were grown and harvested
on 9/18/2025 from J. Dusi vineyards right off highway 46 West. This wine blends both
Paso Roble’s East and West Side AVA’s; creating a truly memorable experience. Frankel
Vineyard fruit ripens early and displays peach and nectarine flavors. Dusi’s fruit ripens
late and contains high acidity, tart-apple and pear aromas. The 2025 growing season is
notable for its cool growing season. The below average temperatures make it a vintage
with heightened crips taste and puckering punch flavors.
