2016 Stagecoach Vineyard 85% Marsanne / 15% Roussanne Napa
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Welcome to Jeff Cohn Cellars. Single vineyard Rhône-centric and Zinfandel wines that walk a tightrope, balancing the pure expression of California fruit with the Rhône-influenced winemaking of vintner Jeff Cohn. The Jeff Cohn Cellars Family: Alexandra, Haley, Isabel & Jeff 2016 Stagecoach Vineyard 85% Marsanne / 15% Roussanne Napa Valley Aged for 19 months in 40% new French oak, this wine is voluptuous, not only in aromatics, but in flavors. The aromas are a complex, whirl- ing blend of lightly toasted almonds, orange marmalade, wet stones, honeysuckle and pineapple. The palate is very intense, succulent from the rich front to a finish that just goes on and on. Loaded with pine- apple, peach, honey and a touch of fig and carried through the palate with a backbone of minerality. JEB DUNNUCK 93 Pts The 2016 Marsanne Stagecoach Vineyard is another brilliant white from this incredibly talented winemaker. Terrific, sexy notes of honeyed white currants, quince, brioche, and white flowers all flow to a full-bodied Marsanne that has wonderful sweetness of fruit, a big, layered texture, and good overall freshness. It can stand on its own but will also be versatile on the dinner table. It’s a terrific example of Marsanne from California. 91 Pts We have been mightily impressed by this combination of vintner and vineyard before, and the alliance is as splendid as ever. As rich and concentrated an example of any white Rhône wine as one is likely to find, it is intense, very full on the palate and laden with loads of very deep, very ripe, slightly tropical fruit framed with lovely oak. It is unquestionably extravagant and, for many, will sit at the brink of being too much, but its varietal fruity focus is extraordinarily sure and sustained, and it is a great deal more than a barely controlled, one- note wine that begins and ends with ripeness dictating terms. Reviewed: March 2019 www.jeffcohncellars.com.