Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc, Paso Robles 2021
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Vinous
The sweetly scented 2021 Patelin de Tablas Blanc is very pretty, showing nuances of young peach and dusty florals. This flows across the palate in silken waves, delivering mineral-tinged orchard fruits and sweet spice. Its Grenache Blanc component lends zesty acidity to the mix, maintaining a wonderful energy, as the 2021 finishes with decent length. A chewy sensation calls the taster back to the glass.
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Decanter
Founded by renowned importer Robert Haas, this Tablas Creek, value-priced and unoaked Grenache Blanc-based southern Rhône blend is fresh and vibrant with a stone fruit nose. The palate delivers stone fruits plus a note of honeysuckle. Acidity grounds the wine, which dances the line between freshness and richness. Fruit sourced from growers in various Paso sub-districts.
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Wine Enthusiast
There’s a linear focus on the nose of this twist-top, great-deal blend of 54% Grenache Blanc, 29% Viognier, 9% Marsanne, 7% Roussanne and 1% Bourboulenc. It opens with tight aromas of stone, white flower, pear juice and lychee. The palate is dry, crisp and tightly wound, with white melon, brisk lemon and more lychee, cut by a chalky edge.
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Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc, Paso Robles 2022
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Wine Spectator
Delicate and fragrant, with refreshing honeydew, grapefruit and nectarine flavors that sail on the long, expressive finish. Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Marsanne, Roussanne and Bourboulenc. Drink now. 2,900 cases made.
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Decanter
A delicious blend of Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Marsanne, Vermentino and a few other varieties comes together to deliver a wine of natural balance and bright fruit—perfumed floral aromatics of jasmine, honeysuckle and English hawthorn. The palate is a melange of stone and tree fruits. Bosc pears, cut nectarines and honeyed Fuji apple make way for a finish of petrichor and crushed chalk.
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Wine Advocate
The 2022 Patelin de Tablas Blanc is a blend of 49% Grenache Blanc, 22% Viognier, 10% Marsanne, 10% Vermentino, 4% Roussanne, 3% Picpoul and 2% Bourboulenc. It has ripe aromas of guava, honey and white pepper with savory undertones. The medium-bodied palate explodes with ripe, tropical fruit and spicy accents. It has bright acidity, and a gentle touch of texture extends the finish. 4,080 cases produced.
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Wine Enthusiast
A delicate shade of yellow in the glass, this Grenache Blanc-led blend of seven white Rhône varieties is broad yet crisp on the nose, showing white flowers, Asian pear and jicama. The texture is both chalky and steely on the palate, where citrus spray and pome fruit flavors align.
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Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc, Paso Robles 2023
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Vinous
The 2023 Patelin de Tablas Blanc bursts from the glass with a flourish of sweet herbs and spring flowers. It displays a balanced inner sweetness and crisp white pit fruits, coming across juicy yet also full of zesty tension. It finishes refreshing and long, with a sensation of liquid stone that lingers on.
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Wine Advocate
The 2023 Patelin de Tablas Blanc is a blend of 50% Grenache Blanc, 23% Viognier, 10% Roussanne, 8% Marsanne, 8% Vermentino and 1% Bourboulenc. The nose is straightforward with aromas of yellow orchard fruits, white flowers and accents of struck flint wafting from the glass. The texture is direct and medium-bodied, with a clean, saline, crisp finish.
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