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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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Didier Dagueneau Jurancon Moelleux Les Jardins de Babylone 2012 500mL
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2A Sauvignon Blanc 2016
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Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Sauvignon Blanc 2014
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Gembrook Hill Sauvignon Blanc 2013
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Monmousseau Touraine Sauvignon Blanc 2017
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Ladoucette Pouilly Fume 2018
Regular Price: $89.00
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Medhurst Sauvignon Blanc 2018
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Maude Wines Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Regular Price: $20.00
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Geoff Weaver Sauvignon Blanc 2018
Regular Price: $28.00
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Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2019
Regular Price: $30.00
Special Price $24.00
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Gembrook Hill Sauvignon Blanc 2017
Regular Price: $38.00
Special Price $30.40
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Bailly-Reverdy Sancerre 2016 375ml
Regular Price: $46.00
Special Price $36.80
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Poachers Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc 2019
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Special Price $20.80
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Down to Earth Sauvignon Blanc 2019
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Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc 2020
Regular Price: $33.00
Special Price $28.00
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Greywacke Wild Sauvignon 2017
Regular Price: $42.00
Special Price $33.60
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Pascal Cotat Sancerre Cuvee Paul 2012
Regular Price: $205.00
Special Price $164.00
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Pascal & Nicolas Reverdy Sancerre 2019
Regular Price: $55.00
Special Price $44.00
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Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2019
Regular Price: $66.00
Special Price $52.80
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Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2019 Half-Dozen
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Domaine Vacheron Sancerre Blanc 2019 Dozen
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Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Dozen
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Gerard Boulay Sancerre Tradition 2019
Regular Price: $74.00
Special Price $59.20
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Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2018 375ml
Regular Price: $32.00
Special Price $25.60
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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