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Wine Details
Price:
$15.00 per bottle
Description:
The 2004 season began very early with warm spring weather. This produced grapes of beautiful quality that ripened about 2 weeks earlier than usual. Our Sauvignon Blanc comes from two specially selected vineyards in the Arroyo Seco area of the Salinas Valley.
The grapes are all handpicked. We began picking during the last week of August in the Griva Vineyard and finished up in mid-September in the Ventana Vineyard. At Bernardus, we like to pick our Sauvignon Blanc rather less ripe to retain a crisp natural acidity and produce bright varietal characters. 1/3 is fermented in chilled stainless-steel tanks with the rest being fermented in used French oak barrels. This technique helps accentuate the fruit flavors and enhances the wine’s rich mouth-feel without adding any oak barrel flavors.
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