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Georgia

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Description: This exquisite, Graves-like Sauvignon Blanc welcomes the first member of our family’s sixth generation – Georgia Eileen Dixon. Georgia is fermented and aged in all new French oak for 18 months before being bottled, and should drink well for at least three to four years. Offering unprecedented depth and complexity, amazing texture and a long finish, Georgia has been lauded by Robert Parker as “…potentially the most serious Sauvignon Blanc to ever come out of California.”

Varietal Definition
Sauvignon Blanc:
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California — at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety — and often assumes the moniker ‘Fume Blanc’. This popular synonym, credited to Napa’s Robert Mondavi, derives from the grape’s historic home of Pouilly in France’s Upper Loire Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant varietal and goes locally by the name of ‘Blanc Fumé’. When treated with respect and afforded suitable growing conditions, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the wine world’s darlings. Steely, racy acidity, green, gooseberry fruit, asparagus and a grassy, herbaceous character characterize dry wines made from this grape.


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