The 2009 Aligote is a steely, ripe, elegant white with excellent acidity and minerality as well as loads of quince, white currant, and honeysuckle notes offered in a medium-bodied, forceful yet refreshing style. Enjoy it over the next several years. This may be the strongest group of wines Calera has produced in many years. From their less expensive whites through the generic and single vineyard Pinot Noirs, this remarkable portfolio showcases this idiosyncratic terroir isolated on Mt. Harlan. For starters, Calera has once again made the finest Aligote in America.Tel. (831) 637-9170; Fax (831) 637-9070

Tastes like an inferior Chardonnay, with overoaked flavors of tangerines, pineapples and buttered popcorn.——S.H.(12/15/2010)—— 84