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Another white with a notable aroma, this one "grassy" or "musky." The pure varietal is found mainly in the Loire, at Sancerre and Pouilly-FumÉ, As part of a blend, the grape is all over Bordeaux, in Pessac-LÉognan, Graves and the MÉdoc whites; it also shows up in Sauternes. New Zealand has had striking success with Sauvignon Blanc, producing its own perfumed, fruity style that spread across North America and then back to France.
In the United States, Robert Mondavi rescued the varietal in the 1970s by labeling it FumÉ Blanc, and he and others have enjoyed success with it. The key to success seems to be in taming its overt varietal intensity, which at its extreme leads to pungent grassy, vegetal and herbaceous flavors. Many winemakers treat it like in a sort of poor man's Chardonnay, employing barrel fermentation, sur lie aging and malolactic fermentation. But its popularity comes as well from the fact that it is a prodigious producer and a highly profitable wine to make. It can be crisp and refreshing, matches well with foods, costs less to produce and grow than Chardonnay and sells for less. It also gets less respect from vintners than perhaps it should. Its popularity ebbs and flows, at times appearing to challenge Chardonnay and at other times appearing to be a cash-flow afterthought. But even at its best, it does not achieve the kind of richness, depth or complexity Chardonnay does and in the end that alone may be the defining difference.
Sauvignon Blanc grows well in a variety of appellations. It marries well with oak and Sèmillon, and many vintners are adding a touch of Chardonnay for extra body. The wine drinks best in its youth, but sometimes will benefit from short-term cellaring. As a late-harvest wine, it's often fantastic, capable of yielding amazingly complex and richly flavored wines.
The bouquet is an inviting mix of tropical, passionfruit aromas with notes of musk and box hedge. Palate entry is luscious and lively, bursting with red current, gooseberry and passionfruit, rounding off with a hint of capsicum. This is a fantastic example of Black Label Sauvignon that is equally enjoyable ...
moreBN#444472
Price:$13.99 SKU20767 | Add to Cart
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We wanted something that had layers and layers of flavor and made for enjoyable drinking from first sip to last. Conundrum lovers, you have to check this wine out! It is a blend of 65% Albarino, 14% Viognier with lesser percentage of Riesling and Chardonnay and costs far less.
moreBN#294733
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Decisive, elegant and sharp! Beware or it will overcome you with flavor. Be prepared to cross glasses with this Sauvignon!
moreBN#403151
Price:$9.99 in mixed case $8.99 SKU14465 | Add to Cart
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The 2010 Leese-Fitch Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp and refreshing wine. This wine has a high-tone citrus zest aroma with minerality reminiscent of a brisk ocean breeze. There’s a hint of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice and tropical Pina Colada. The palate is zippy and alive with Lemon grass spice, but ...
moreBN#433373
Price:$11.99 in mixed case $10.79 SKU20306 | Add to Cart
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The grapes for this outstanding Sauvignon Blanc are sourced from some of the finest vineyards in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. Pale straw yellow in color with hints of citrus and melon in the nose which simplys pops with freshness and tantalizes the palate with its cornucopia of flavors ...
moreBN#287992
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A wine that combines a brilliant racy character which is reminiscent of a wine from New Zealand with a mélange of melon and grapefruit flavors that are textbook California and together they produce a true taste experience.
moreBN#261414
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BN#429809
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A pale straw yellow in color with the enticing scents of grapefruit and melon filling the air when first opened, simply bursting with juicy and crunchy fruit that arouses the palate with its freshness and liveliness and ends in a finish that will keep you coming back glass after glass...
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moreBN#273594
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International Wine Cellar
Since 1997, the 100% subscriber-supported IWC has also been available in French and Japanese editions.
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Burghound
Burghound.com was the first of its kind to offer specialized, and more importantly, exhaustive coverage of a specific wine region. The first Issue was released in January of 2001 and there are now subscribers in more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states. Allen Meadows spends over four months a year in Burgundy and visits more than 300 domaines during that time.
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Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine
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View from the Cellar
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