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Full Circle in White

A Paso Robles Tasting with Anthony Yount

 

By Neeta Mittal

Neeta Mittal and Anthony Yount hosting the white wine tasting under the oaks at Sixmilebridge

It was an unusually cool summer morning in Paso—the kind that slows everything down, stretches the season, and hints at a vintage that might take its time.

I had come to Sixmilebridge for a sensory tasting with Anthony Yount. Two white wines from LXV. Two from his cellar. Two from France. A shared table and an open conversation.

Years ago, when Kunal and I first arrived in Paso, it was Ron Denner who welcomed us—and it was Anthony, then making the wines for Denner, whose whites first pulled me in. They weren’t flashy. They were restrained, thoughtful. Wines that made space for the site to come through.

Now, standing side by side at Sixmilebridge, we opened our first flight…

Six glasses of white wine on the LXV and Sixmilebridge tasting mat

I poured the 2023 LXV Sauvignon Blanc–Sémillon blend—bright, linear, citrus-led. Anthony followed with the 2022 Sixmilebridge Estate White—Sémillon, round, with notes of preserved lemon and soft herbs. The third wine, 2022 Pagodes de Cos Blanc, tied the two together: floral, mineral, and layered.

Guests at long tables under a big oak, listening to the talk at Sixmilebridge

For the second flight, I poured our 2023 Blanc of Cabernet Franc—a white wine made from red grapes, showing white peach, melon, and quiet weight. Anthony followed with his 2023 Rosé of Cabernet Franc—lifted, focused, and savory. We finished with the 2022 Château Mangot Rosé of Merlot—light, textural, and quietly placed.

The wines had identity. They had structure. And they felt like part of something longer-term—an evolution that doesn’t need to be marketed.

We ended the morning by trading recipes for each others’ wines. Anthony wrote one for our Blanc de Franc. I’ve written two for his.

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