Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc

A delightfully round and full wine, the 2009 is well balanced with wonderful acidity and a pleasant minerality. It is aromatic with peach, white pepper and hints of paper whites in bloom. Notes of flint whirl delicately around flavors of honey and ripe pear. Spottswoode's Sauvignon Blanc is fermented mostly in small stainless barrels, with concrete cuves and French Oak barrels providing seductive toast and spice highlights to intrigue the palate. Our continued appreciation for all that is beautiful in this grape is due to the fine work performed by our own estate vineyard crew and by a handful of meticulous farmers. We thank the Tofanelli, Hyde, and Farina families and the Larkmead and Silver Pines Vineyards for their contributions to this blend!

Region Description

Comes mostly from California, France, New Zealand, and South Africa. Its highly acidic wines are often suggestive of herbs or grass. Light to medium bodied and usually dry, European versions are generally not oaky while California Sauvignon Blanc can take on many of the qualities of Chardonnay. France has two classic wine regions for the Sauvignon Blanc gape: Bordeaux and the Loire Valley The Bordeaux wine is called Bordeaux Blanc and the two best known of the Loire wines are called Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé. In Bordeaux, Sauvignon Blanc is sometimes blended with Sémillon.