From Florida’s Gulf Coast to Oregon’s Umpqua Valley, Earl and Hilda Jones took their love of Spanish wine and put it in the ground of Southern Oregon to start Abacela winery. Originally focused on Tempranillo, Abacela was the first to plant the grape variety in the Pacific Northwest in 1995 and even took their name from the Iberian word abacelar, meaning “to plant a grape vine.” Today, Abacela owns and operates a 77-acre vineyard with more than 20 grape varieties, including the kindred Spanish grape of Albariño. The 2013 vintage of this Umpqua Valley estate grown wine is a mirror image of its Galician genesis. Vivid aromas of fleshy white apricot, tart green apple, melon and white blossom burst up front while lemon thyme and almond round out the back of the nose. The palate is bright in citrus and acid, finishing round and dazzling and requesting a pot of steamer clams.
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