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Wine Details
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Guenoc's Langtry Reserve Sauvignon Blanc represents the winery's finest fruit from its vineyards in the Guenoc Valley AVA. Guenoc has traditionally produced a Meritage blended white wine in previous years, however the 2003 vintage Sauvignon Blanc was of such exceptional quality that the winemaking team elected to produce a Reserve Sauvignon Blanc. This complex wine was barrel fermented in American, Hungarian, and French Allier oak and aged for eight months. Produced in very limited quantities, this extraordinary wine shows great complexity
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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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