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Sauvignon Blanc

Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc Wine Details
Price: $14.99 per bottle

Description: This sweet dessert wine has a nose full of peach and tropical fruits including guava and candied pineapple. Layers of melon, peaches and dried apricots unfold on the palate taking you to the sugar dusted, lemon drop finish that leaves you longing for another sip. 6% Residual Sweetness

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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