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Sauvignon Blanc — Fair Play

Sauvignon Blanc — Fair Play Wine Details
Price: $15.00 per bottle

Description: The winemaker has worked with this estate varietally correct vineyard for fourteen years. Packed with fruit and herbal flavors, this bone-dry wine is blended to a tiny bit of Semillon to soften its boldness. A beautiful pairing to shellfish and many poultry dishes

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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