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Wine Details
Price:
$15.99 per bottle
Description:
This Macari "Benchmark", the 2004 Sauvignon Blanc is at once aromatic, light and clean with a herbaceous, grassy quality. Beginning with citrusy aromas this bright, yet delicate wines fills the palate with flavors of grapefruit and white stone fruits (think peach). The crisp and flinty mineral quality leads to a long, lingering and full finish. Perfectly balanced with fruit and acidity this wine is sure to become a favorite summertime "quaffer" long after summer is gone.
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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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