The 2002 Proprietary White called Whisperin’ E is a concoction of 50% Roussanne, 31% Viognier, and 19% Chardonnay, most from the Alban Vineyard with a tiny dollop of Stolpman fruit. There are 524 cases of this light gold-colored 2002. A superb perfume of smoky hazelnuts intermixed with exotic lychee, honeysuckle, peach, and beeswax notes is followed by a full-bodied wine with a multilayered texture that pulls back in the finish to reveal surprising uplift, acidity, and lightness ... an amazing feat given a wine of this power, dimension, and intensity. It should drink well for another 5-7 years. (Release date 11/04)Tel. (805) 649-8901

This is a very fine dry white wine. It’s intense in ripe fruit, but is hardly a bomb, the flavors reined in by superb acids, judicious oak and a minerality and earthiness that ground the power. A blend of Roussane, Viognier and Chardonnay. ——S.H.(6/1/2005)—— 93