2024 Esprit de Tablas Blanc
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The Tablas Creek Vineyard 2024 Esprit de Tablas Blanc is our flagship white blend, chosen from the top lots of six white Rhône varieties propagated from budwood cuttings from the Château de Beaucastel estate. Roussanne provides the core richness, minerality, and flavors of honey and spice, while Grenache Blanc adds green apple and anise flavors, lush mouthfeel and bright acids. Picpoul Blanc adds pineapple brightness and saline minerality, Bourboulenc provides limestoney, citrusy lift, Picardan brings a little burst of acid, with mineral notes, and Clairette Blanche finishes with clean fruitiness and chalky minerality.
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96 points; "a stunning edition of this wine": Owen Bargreen (May 2026)
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95 points; "a glorious example of Esprit de Tablas Blanc, yet it has the balance to age effortlessly": Vinous (Apr. 2026)
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97 points; "Brilliant ... perfectly balanced with an opulent texture": BevX (Apr. 2026)
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93-95 points; "a long, round and elegantly luscious finish infused with tenacity and energy": Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Oct. 2025)
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93-95 points; "ripe apricot and peach offset by a tactile core of minerality ... keeps the mouth watering for more": Vinous (Jun. 2025)
Tasting Notes
A nose of noteworthy complexity, both deep and lifted, powerful and fresh, with aromas of honeysuckle, pineapple, honeydew melon, warm straw, and petrichor. The palate is lovely with flavors of cantaloupe and wildflower honey, marmalade and vanilla custard. The finish is clean and long with lingering notes of melon, white flowers, and chalky minerals. Drink now to enjoy its freshness or let it age for up to two decades for deeper flavors of caramel and roasted nuts.
Technical Details
Appellation
- Adelaida District Paso Robles
Technical Notes
- 12.5% Alcohol by Volume
- 1815 Cases Produced
Blend
- 40% Roussanne
- 26% Grenache Blanc
- 17% Picpoul Blanc
- 11% Bourboulenc
- 3% Picardan
- 3% Clairette Blanche
Certifications
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Cooked shellfish (lobster, softshell crab, shrimp)
- Roasted or grilled vegetables (eggplant, asparagus, peppers)
- Foods cooked with garlic and olive oil
- Rich fish dishes (i.e., salmon, swordfish)
- Asian stir fry
Production Notes
The 2024 vintage began with our second consecutive wet winter, giving the vines good reserves for the growing season. After a normal budbreak and a cool first half of the summer, those reserves were tested by our warmest-ever July and above-average temperatures through October. That led to a compressed harvest that was largely done by the second week of October and yields roughly 20% below our long-term averages. The low yields and warm year combined to produce fruit with intense flavors and noteworthy vibrancy.
The grapes for our Esprit de Tablas Blanc were grown on our biodynamic and Regenerative Organic Certified® estate vineyard.
The fruit was whole cluster pressed, and fermented with native yeasts. The Roussanne was fermented in oak of various sizes: 60-gallon oak barrels, 170-gallon demi-muids, and 1200-gallon foudres, about 10% new. The other varieties were fermented in a mix of neutral oak and stainless steel barrels. All the wines went through malolactic fermentation. The Esprit Blanc was selected from the vintage's best lots, blended, and returned to foudre in April 2025, aged an additional 8 months in foudre until its bottling in December 2025, then aged an additional 4 months in bottle before its release.