2013 Frog's Leap Sauvignon Blanc, Rutherford, Napa Valley, California
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Sauvignon Blanc
An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves.
It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today many producers are rivalling Cloudy Bay in terms of quality and Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand`s trademark grape.
It is now grown very successfully in Chile producing wines that are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character. After several false starts, many South African producers are now producing very good quality, rounded fruit-driven Sauvignon Blancs.
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From the first sniff, typical Sauvignon Blanc notes of cut grass and gooseberry jump out of the glass at you (excuse the pun). Dig a little deeper and the wines warmer, Californian origins start to show with notes of passion fruit and ripe pineapple making themselves known. The palate compliments the nose perfectly, a good, fresh acidity nicely balances the tropical fruit notes leading to a pleasant herbaceous finish. A perfect wine for easy summer drinking.
Doug Storer - Internet Team
A lovely elderflower nose with notes of white peach and fresh cut grass, this wine already smells like summer. The promising nose follows through on the palate with citrus and a hint of passion fruit. There is a nice acidity with a slight herbaceous finish.
Damien Sartorius - Marketing Team
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