Abbot's Passage Chenin Blanc Field Blend

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About Abbot’s Passage: “Nestled between rows of 80-year old vines and surrounded by the storied hills of Sonoma, finding Abbot’s Passage means you are both lost and found. Our eclectic collection of Rhône-style wines inspires a winery and curated mercantile experience that challenges convention. Whether coming to taste, shop, play or celebrate, our collective invites friends and family to come often and stay awhile.”

Much Ado Abbot Passages

TASTING NOTES: “We have the privilege to source the fruit for this field blend from a fifth generation, family-owned Heringer Estates where the cooling breezes from the Sacramento River Delta invigorate the vineyards. Rows of Chenin Blanc and Verdejo were hand selected for this wine, which displays expressive aromas of herbaceous peach tea, with notes of Meyer lemon, almond biscotti and a tingly pop rocks sensation on the palate.” (AbV 13.4%, pH 3.35, TA 6.7 g/L)

VARIETALS: 74% Chenin Blanc, 26% Verdejo.

BARRELS: 4 months in concrete egg and neutral French oak.

PAIRS WITH: “Dried fruits on a grazing board.”

THAT REMINDS ME OF: Abbots.

Just what is an abbot, anyway? Well, it’s a title present in multiple Christian denominations, of course rooted in the Catholic Church. Generally, an abbot was the head of the monks at a monastery or abbey. Monks were primarily “laymen.” They weren’t ordained, weren’t actual priests. And this included the abbots for a while. Because of this, they’d all actually have to go to a separate church to receive sacraments and such. Not always convenient, especially if your monastery is somewhere remote. So the church decided abbots should be ordained.

Abbots had a little issue of extravagance, over time, however. While they were given full authority over their fellow monks, they were technically supposed to follow the same principles. As one might expect, being in a position of power with no oversight tends to lead to exceptions. Exceptions which would become increasingly egregious through the Middle Ages. A lot of it went out the window, except celibacy. Allegedly.

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