White Wines from Paso Robles
Our wines are all white blends, they are all unique blends, and they all tend to change almost completely every vintage. Wine can be a very stodgy, tradition-bound field that produces the same conventional wines, year after year, decade after decade. We try to stand against that pattern and create complex white wines that bring to wine the innovation one expects in other forms of creativity.
Since Monochrome’s first vintage (2016) we have produced a lot of wines, each of which is a bit different than all the others. Below is a list, by vintage, of our wines. To purchase and learn more about any of our available wines, please go to our storefront page here:
2022 Vintage
Barrel Distortion
94% Albariño, 6% Gewürztraminer
94 Points - Wine Enthusiast
Blasphemy
63% Chardonnay, 25% Chenin Blanc, 12% Viognier
95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
By The Book
88% Albillo Mayor, 6% Sauvignon Blanc, 6% Viognier
94 Points (Editor's Choice) - Wine Enthusiast
Center Tone
100% Grenache Gris
95 Points (Editor's Choice) - Wine Enthusiast
North By Southwest
84% Gewürztraminer, 11% Albariño, 8% Sauvignon Blanc
93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Playing Against Type
88% Sauvignon Blanc, 12% Grenache Gris
Smile
64% Viognier, 29% Chenin Blanc, 7% Gewürztraminer
94 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Vibrance
87% Vermentino, 13% Viognier
93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Wine Enthusiast
2021 Vintage
Altered Images
79% Chenin Blanc, 21% Chardonnay
96 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Barrel Distortion
98% Albariño, 2% Gewürztraminer
96 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Center Tone
100% Grenache Gris
97 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
North By Southwest
93% Gewürztraminer, 7% Albariño,
95 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Sense Of Out Of Place
86% Chardonnay, 14% Sauvignon Blanc,
95 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Smile
93% Viognier, 7% Chenin Blanc
95 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
2020 Vintage
Barrel Distortion
94% Albariño, 6% Gewürztraminer
93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Center Tone
57% Grenache Gris, 43% Picpoul
94 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Earthen Fare
64% Marsanne, 36% Grenache Gris
92 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Neither Here Nor There
56% Chenin Blanc, 44% Sauvignon Blanc
92 Points – Viinous
North By Southwest
89% Gewürztraminer, 11% Albariño,
93 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Playing Against Type
83% Sauvignon Blanc, 17% Grenache Gris
95+ Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Smile
67% Viognier, 33% Chenin Blanc
93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Wall Of Sound
70% Roussanne, 30% Viognier
93 Points – Wine Enthusiast
2019 Vintage
Analog In A Digital Age
59% Marsanne, 27% Grenache Blanc, 14% Viognier
91 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Barrel Distortion
100% Albariño
92 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Neither Here Nor There
56% Chenin Blanc, 44% Sauvignon Blanc
93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Variations On A Theme
63% Sauvignon Blanc, 37% Marsanne
91 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Repo
Wall Of Sound
43% Viognier, 38% Roussanne, 19% Grenache Blanc
91 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
X-3
49% Roussanne, 37% Viognier, 14% Grenache Blanc
92+ Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
2018 Vintage
Analog In A Digital Age
74% Marsanne, 17% Grenache Blanc, 9% Viognier
Barrel Distortion
100% Albariño
90 Points – Jeb Dunnuck
Blasphemy
66% Chardonnay, 34% Marsanne
92 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Mix And Match
46% Grenache Blanc, 45% Chenin Blanc, 9% Roussanne
92+ Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Sense Of Out Of Place
53% Chardonnay, 47% Sauvignon Blanc
93 Points – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
Wall Of Sound
68% Roussanne, 32% Viognier
93 Points – Wine Enthusiast
X-2A
100% Albariño
2017 Vintage
Altered Images
52% Chardonnay, 48% Chenin Blanc
93 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Barrel Distortion
100% Albariño
90 Points – Wine Spectator
Blasphemy
80% Chardonnay, 20% Chenin Blanc
91 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Neither Here Nor There
53% Sauvignon Blanc, 47% Chenin Blanc
92 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Variations On A Theme
71% Sauvignon Blanc, 29% Marsanne
92 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Wall Of Sound
53% Roussanne, 47% Viognier
X-2
100% Albariño
91 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
2016 Vintage
Analog In A Digital Age
81% Marsanne, 19% Chardonnay
92 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Barrel Distortion
100% Albariño
91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Blasphemy
100% Chardonnay
92 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Variations On A Theme
68% Sauvignon Blanc, 32% Marsanne
93 Points – Purely Domestic Wine Report
Wall Of Sound
52% Viognier, 48% Roussanne
92 Points – Wine Enthusiast