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Sauvignon Blanc
This aromatically distinctive and extremely popular white grape variety is widely planted across France and parts of the New World, most notably and successfully in New Zealand. In the Loire Valley (in the main appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume which can be considered the varieties' spiritual homeland) Sauvignon Blanc produces dry table wines with a distinctive aromatic profile and more chalky minerality / distinct flinty elements than you will find in new world examples. It is also cultivated in small quantities in Bordeaux, South West France where it is commonly blended with Semillon to produce both premium dry table wines in the communes of Pessac-Leognan and Graves, and the great sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac.
In Australia the variety is widely cultivated and forms the basis of Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends while Australia's best mono varietal versions come from the cool, Adelaide Hills in (South Australia). Sauvignon Blanc's meteoric rise to fame though took place in Marlborough in the South Island of New Zealand developed with its own particular style of perfumed, herbaceous, and often obviously fruity style designed to be consumed young. The success of this style of Sauvignon Blanc cannot be under estimated.
Sauvignon Blanc's unique and distinctive aromatic profile is perhaps is greatest asset, imparting a characteristic herbaceous aroma of cut grass, musk, green fruits and at times a profile of passion fruit and tropical fruits in New Zealand and more mineral, chalky characteristics in traditional producers in France. These immediately recognisable and gratifying aromas combined with Sauvignon Blanc's natural acidity and fresh finish have made it extremely popular. Outstanding producers include Cloudy Bay, Dog Point and Catalina Sounds (New Zealand), Dominique Portet, Geoff Weaver and Shaw & Smith (Australia) and Jean Reverdy, Gerard Bouley and Vincent Pinard in Sancerre and Didier Dageneau in Pouilly Fume in France.
Sources:
The Oxford Companion to Wine, (ed) Jancis Robinson
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Crochet Sancerre Blanc 2016
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2A Sauvignon Blanc 2016
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Howard Vineyard Picnic Sauvignon Blanc 2014
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Harvest Moon Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Dozen
$170.00 -
Maude Wines Sauvignon Blanc 2018
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Gerard Boulay Sancerre Clos Beaujeu 2017
$110.00 -
Gerard Boulay Sancerre Comtesse 2017
$130.00 -
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2018
$30.00 -
Lucien Crochet Sancerre Blanc 2016 Half-Dozen
$252.00 -
Gentle Folk Schist Sauvignon Blanc 2018
$37.00 -
Lucien Crochet Sancerre Le Chene Marchand Blanc 2015
$61.00 -
Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc 2019
$33.00 -
Francois Chidaine Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2017
$40.00 -
Andre Dezat Sancerre Blanc 2018
$44.00 -
Serge Laloue Pouilly Fume 2017
$56.00 -
Noella Morantin Les Pichiaux 2017
$51.00 -
Wren The Game's Afoot Heathcote Shiraz 20117
$26.00 -
Alphonse Mellot Clos de la Moussiere Sancerre 2018
$77.00 -
Domaine Simha 'Raya' Sauvage 2018
$80.00 -
Michael Hall Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2018
$37.00 -
Domaine du Salvard Val de Loire Unique Sauvignon Blanc 2018
$27.00 -
Gerard Boulay Sancerre Tradition 2018
$70.00 -
2A Sauvignon Blanc 2017
$12.95 -
Singlefile Pemberton Fume Blanc 2015
$31.00
Sauvignon Blanc
This aromatically distinctive and extremely popular white grape variety is widely planted across France and parts of the New World, most notably and successfully in New Zealand. In the Loire Valley (in the main appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume which can be considered the varieties' spiritual homeland) Sauvignon Blanc produces dry table wines with a distinctive aromatic profile and more chalky minerality / distinct flinty elements than you will find in new world examples. It is also cultivated in small quantities in Bordeaux, South West France where it is commonly blended with Semillon to produce both premium dry table wines in the communes of Pessac-Leognan and Graves, and the great sweet wines of Sauternes and Barsac.
In Australia the variety is widely cultivated and forms the basis of Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends while Australia's best mono varietal versions come from the cool, Adelaide Hills in (South Australia). Sauvignon Blanc's meteoric rise to fame though took place in Marlborough in the South Island of New Zealand developed with its own particular style of perfumed, herbaceous, and often obviously fruity style designed to be consumed young. The success of this style of Sauvignon Blanc cannot be under estimated.
Sauvignon Blanc's unique and distinctive aromatic profile is perhaps is greatest asset, imparting a characteristic herbaceous aroma of cut grass, musk, green fruits and at times a profile of passion fruit and tropical fruits in New Zealand and more mineral, chalky characteristics in traditional producers in France. These immediately recognisable and gratifying aromas combined with Sauvignon Blanc's natural acidity and fresh finish have made it extremely popular. Outstanding producers include Cloudy Bay, Dog Point and Catalina Sounds (New Zealand), Dominique Portet, Geoff Weaver and Shaw & Smith (Australia) and Jean Reverdy, Gerard Bouley and Vincent Pinard in Sancerre and Didier Dageneau in Pouilly Fume in France.
Sources:
The Oxford Companion to Wine, (ed) Jancis Robinson
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