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Wine Details
Price:
$19.99 per bottle
Description:
Bright aromas of lime, passion fruit, and exotic spices signal this wine’s sophisticated appeal. Flavors of comice pear and mandarin orange are balanced by flinty mineral notes, and the rounded, refined texture leads into a persistent, creamy finish. This food-friendly wine pairs beautifully with a salad of smoked salmon, endive, apples, and butterball potatoes.
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Varietal Definition
Sauvignon Blanc:
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California — at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety — and often assumes the moniker ‘Fume Blanc’. This popular synonym, credited to Napa’s Robert Mondavi, derives from the grape’s historic home of Pouilly in France’s Upper Loire Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc is the dominant varietal and goes locally by the name of ‘Blanc Fumé’. When treated with respect and afforded suitable growing conditions, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the wine world’s darlings. Steely, racy acidity, green, gooseberry fruit, asparagus and a grassy, herbaceous character characterize dry wines made from this grape.
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