2025 Lignée de Tablas Fenaughty Blanc
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The 2025 Lignée de Tablas Fenaughty Blanc is the fourth white wine released in the Lignée de Tablas collection. The Fenaughty Vineyard is a former pear orchard in the El Dorado AVA of the Sierra Foothills, which the Mansfield family has farmed since the 1970s and where they have planted a wide selection of Tablas Creek clones. The grapes are farmed organically and harvested by hand. Austin Collins wrote this appreciation of the vineyard and the remarkable Mansfield family for our blog.
Lignée de Tablas is a tier of wines featuring single-vineyard wines sourced from vineyards planted to Tablas Creek clones and made in small quantities. Lignée means lineage in French, and the wines celebrate the influence of the Tablas Creek nursery and the grapevines we brought in from Beaucastel starting in 1989. We share the full story of the Lignée de Tablas program on the Tablas Blog.
Tasting Notes
A nose of kiwi, finger lime, and sea spray, lifted and appealing. On the palate, somewhere between a (dry) lemon-lime soda and a wonderful gin & tonic, with citrus and juniper flavors, medium body, and plenty of rocky minerality. The finish showed an alpine coolness that felt totally appropriate to the wine's terroir.
Technical Details
Appellation
- El Dorado
Technical Notes
- 13.0% Alcohol by Volume
- 675 Cases Produced
Blend
- 49% Marsanne
- 25% Grenache Blanc
- 9% Bourboulenc
- 9% Vermentino
- 4% Clairette Blanche
- 4% Picardan
Recipes & Pairings
Recipe Suggestions
Food Pairings
- Seafood cooked with garlic and white wine
- Green salads with avocado and citrus dressing
- Lemon chicken
- Scallops
- Light-fleshed fish with tropical salsa
Production Notes
The 2024-25 winter began dry but finished wet, with two-thirds of the winter's precipitation coming in February and March. That late rain delayed budbreak and allowed us to dodge any spring frosts. The summer was warm but rarely hot, with the fewest 100° days since 2011. Harvest began at a normal time frame, but cool temperatures in September and October slowed down harvest. We navigated two early rain events without damage and finished an extended but unhurried harvest in early November. The exceptionally long hangtime and gradual ripening combined to produce fruit with remarkable intensity and noteworthy vibrancy. We believe 2025 has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster year.
All the grapes were grown at the Fenaughty Vineyard, at 2700+ feet in the El Dorado AVA of the Sierra Foothills. The soil is Aiken Clay Loam, made from thoroughly decomposed volcanic rock. The Mansfield family has farmed the property since the late 70's, with Tablas Creek vine material planted at every redevelopment opportunity. The vineyard is farmed organically.
The grapes were harvested and brought to Tablas Creek in a refrigerated truck, where they were whole-cluster pressed and fermented using native yeasts in neutral wood. After fermentation, the wines were racked and reassembled, then bottled in May 2026.