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Wine Details
Price:
$20.00 per bottle
Description:
A proprietor’s blend made after doing many blending trials and hand choosing our very best barrels of Semillon (50%) and Sauvignon Blanc (50%). It is a classic wine made in the tradition of the Graves style Bordeaux Blanc. Our special Queen of white wine is 100% barrel fermented and was aged for 10 months in small French oak barrels before bottling to add great complexity. Some people say this is "the white wine for red wine drinkers."
We often hear comments that our Eleanor is one of the most interesting and complex Californian white wines. Filled with apricot skin and citrus flavors with tangerine, pineapple and lemon-grass. Aromas of candied grapefruit peel, green apple and vanilla. Ultra-clean finish, rich mouthfeel. This wine is a meal, but also compliments shellfish, sushi and teriyaki.
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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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