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Wine Details
Price:
$9.00 per bottle
Description:
The Llano Estacado 2006 Sauvignon Blanc is a blend of wine made from three Texas vineyards, the Mont Sec Vineyard, the Martin's Vineyard, and the Patel Vineyard. Sauvignon Blanc thrives in the intense sunshine of Far West Texas and the Texas High Plains. As a result of the cool nights, the grapes retain the acid balance necessary to produce a balanced wine of intense character. This wine hints of figs, green olives, and lemon, balanced in the mouth with a clean, crisp acid balance.
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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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