Rhone Varietal Wines and Blends at Holly's Hill Vineyards, El Dorado County, Near Placeville, CA, El Dorado Wineries and Wine Tasting Rhone Style Wines.
Holly's Hill Winery offers Sierra Foothills wine in a beautiful wine tasting room, considered one of the best in Placerville and Pleasant Valley.

June 19, 2011
A new Mother Lode: vintners rediscover Sierra foothills

"...clues began to surface about a small renaissance. Wines bursting with fruit and finesse are bringing the long strip of the Sierra foothills wine region, 2.6 million acres from North Yuba to Mariposa County, back into the discussion of California's potential greatness.

Grenache, in particular, was the tip-off.

...2010 Holly's Hill El Dorado Viognier ($20, 14.5%): This Placerville property has a deft hand with whites, including a Viognier that signals all the hoped-for nuance of that grape. Reserved and pretty, with lots of lemon zest and bite, capped by the subtle floral accent so often overblown with Viognier. ..."

Read the entire aricle here http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/19/FD2S1JUGHI.DTL

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