Straw golden color; with exquisite quince, honey-nut, and beeswax aromas. It has a rich and silky mouth feel from barrel fermentation and lees aging, and excellent minerality. Bottle-aged two years prior to release. The Monarch Mine Vineyard is planted with Roussanne grapes that originated from a Chave family parcel on the hill at Hermitage, in northern Rhone, France.