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Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc Wine Details
Price: $12.00 per bottle

Description: The 2004 Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc is our fourth vintage of this varietal. My sense is that this wine possesses the style and quality that I have been striving for from the start. Stylistically, I have been seeking the clean, refreshing acidity of New Zealand sauvignon blanc but, with richer flavors and textures which are in keeping with California wines. This wine has captured those characteristics. This wine is 100% stainless steel fermented. It did not receive a malolactic treatment but was in contact with the lees for four months.

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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