Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc Adelaida District 2024

The Data

Country USA

Appellation Adelaida District

Varietal White Blend

Retail Price $30

ABV 13.5%

Score 4.5 Stars/94 points

In the Glass

Appearance

Brilliant, medium green/gold color.

Aromatics

The aromatics are intense, offering scents of white peach, lychee, and soursop with supporting notes of lemon curd, pineapple, orange peel, and jasmine.

Flavor

The palate confirms the nose delivering a ripe orchard fruits-driven core with flavors of apricot, honey, quince, citrus zest, and slate and hints of bees wax. The finish is long and lingering.

Intensity & Texture

Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a vibrant but mildly waxy texture.

Cool Factor

Tablas Creek is a unique winery in California, seamlessly marrying Old World and New World winemaking and setting the standard for Rhône varietals in the region. What could be cooler?

Value Grade

Selling at $30 a bottle, this California-made and Rhône-inspired white checks all of the boxes for accessibility, complexity, and pure hedonistic pleasure. It's a bargain in our book.

Analysis

The Tablas Creek Patelin de Tablas Blanc is always a fun blend of Rhône varietals with the incomparable Grenache Blanc in the lead, supported by the lush and generous Viognier. The 2024 vintage comprises six varietals: 40% Grenache Blanc, 29% Viognier, 10% Vermentino, 8% Roussanne, 7% Marsanne, and 6% Picpoul Blanc. This wine is always driven by the vintage and how each varietal reacts to the conditions of the growing season, and how each finished wine impacts the goal of the blend. The 2024 vintage began with a second successive wet winter, giving the vines ample reserves for the growing season. The warm year and low yields resulted in fruit with vibrant and intensely flavored profiles. All varietals for the Patelin Blanc were whole-cluster pressed and fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fresh and crisp fruit flavors. After fermentation, the wines were racked, then blended and bottled in May of 2025.

How to Enjoy

The Patelin de Tablas needs nothing but a glass, being the perfect aperitif while pairing beautifully with citrus and garlic-accented poultry and seafood — especially prawns and scallops.