New World, Cheap, Very Nice

In an attempt to veer from the one-track mindedness to which I referred yesterday, I opened a delectable bottle of a 2008 New World Viognier from the Horse Heaven Hills AVA in Washington, from a producer called McKinley Springs. This was everything a good Viognier should be: beautiful floral and stone fruit aromatics with lots and lots of wet rock minerality, and awesome peach and apricot fruit on the palate, with the same minerality also, and the textbook oily viognier texture, followed by a very crisp, and pretty long finish. And the price for this marvel of a wine that would rival a decent Condrieu? $15. Splendid. You know it's a good wine when you get upset when the bottle ends. Or is that just alcoholism? Who knows.. Anyway, I think this could become one of my go-to wines, it is that good and that good value.

Well, maybe there is a future for me in New World wine appreciation after all, I promise I am trying. Any suggestions for further wines to try are always welcome too. In fact I would receive bottles in the post if anyone is so inclined..