Sauvignon Blanc

Country: US / Louis Mel Variety: Sauvignon Blanc California Winery: Wente / San Francisco Bay-Livermore Valley A crisp, linear Sauvignon Blanc, with tantalizing flavors of tangerine, that’s bright, clean and easy to like. On the finish, the tangerine evolves into melon and lime.This wine will sit well on tables set for brunch or a seafood […]

Country: France / En Travertin Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Henri Bourgeois / Pouilly-Fumé This wine is concentrated and very fruity while also being stylish and elegant. Combining white fruits, light citrus and a strong texture, it merits aging until 2016 before drinking.

Country: US / Variety: Sauvignon Blanc California Winery: Greenwood Ridge / Anderson Valley With a handful of 24% Sémillon, this is a crisply rich Sauvignon Blanc with tempting aromas of crème brûlée and vanilla bean and a taste of tart grapefruit and lime. Easy to drink, it’s complex and layered with a long finish, soft […]

Country: US / Estate Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Washington Winery: Gamache / Columbia Valley (WA) Made from vines nearly 30 years old, this ultra-ripe Sauvignon Blanc was oak-aged in neutral barrels, and comes across with Chardonnay-like richness. It’s viscous, rich to the point of liquorous—not for all palates, but done well in its way.

Country: France / L’Original Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Joseph Mellot / Sancerre One of the wines produced to celebrate the family’s 500-year history, this is intensely herbal, with taut and highly textured minerality. It tastes of the chalk soil with its zesty flavor, bursting out of the glass. Drink this still young wine […]

Country: France / Le Grand Rochoy Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Domaine Laporte / Sancerre This is still a young wine. It has a serious tight mineral texture and intense acidity. There is a strong spicy element and a richness that comes straight from the deep soil of the vineyard. This important wine needs […]

Country: France / Les Vignes de Saint-Laurent l’Abbaye Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Domaine Chatelain / Pouilly-Fumé Originally planted by monks in the 12th century, this vineyard has produced an intensely herbaceous wine. Steely and crisp with grapefruit and gooseberry flavors, the wine’s texture brings out the chalky soil. Still young, it will be […]

Country: France / Les Herses Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Alphonse Mellot / Sancerre From a single vineyard on flinty silex soil, this is a taut and concentrated wine. Its intensity is enhanced by the tense texture and powerful youthful acidity. At this stage, it is still young, still with its exuberant fruit. So […]

Country: US / Limited Release Estate Grown Variety: Sauvignon Blanc California Winery: Charles Krug / St. Helena While this is 100% varietal and entirely fermented in stainless steel, it opens with a vibrant note of green apple. That apple quality gives way on the palate to light grassy peach and nectarine, finishing crisp and clean.

Country: US / Variety: Sauvignon Blanc California Winery: Flora Springs / Napa Valley Textured and medium bodied, this wine has a simplicity of citrus and peachy stone fruit buoyed by bright acidity. Fermented entirely in stainless steel, it was aged in concrete, stainless steel and French oak. It displays the concentration of the vintage.

Country: US / Variety: Sauvignon Blanc California Winery: Edna Valley Vineyard / Central Coast A crisp light yellow in the glass, this is a well-priced wine for warmer days. Light grassy tones mix with faint peach on the nose, while the palate is dissected by strong acidity, offering rounded peach, a touch of green pepper […]

Country: France / Variety: Sauvignon Blanc Loire Valley Winery: Jean-Michel Sorbe / Reuilly One of the leading producers in the small appellation of Reuilly, Jean-Michel Sorbe reveals the typically soft, rounded character of this gentle wine. It has acidity, of course, along with citrus, but it remains calm, attractive and immediately drinkable.