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Illumination 2008 Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley)
This is a blend of 92% Sauvignon Blanc and 8% Sémillon. It was partially barrel-fermented and then aged on the lees. It is a very great example of its genre, one of the best in memory. Shows intricate layers of Meyer lemons, kefir limes and white peaches, offset by crisp acidity and minerals but softened with buttercream and buttered toast. A vibrant, immaculate wine, one of the Sauvignon Blanc stars of the vintage. — S.H. (4/1/2010) — 95 -
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Robert Mondavi 2006 To Kalon Vineyard I Block Fumé Blanc (Oakville)
Made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, with a great many vines more than 50 years old, this is an enormously complex wine. Fruit doesn’t dominate. Flowers and minerals do, with flavors of stones, herbs and earth. What fruit there is brings to mind tart limes and lemons, perhaps white apricots and peaches, with peppery Asian spice accents. Has the weight of a great red wine, and is bone dry. Don’t drink it too cold. Will age for a long time, perhaps a decade, in a cool cellar. — S.H. (9/1/2010) — 95 -
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Chalk Hill 2008 Musque Sauvignon Blanc (Chalk Hill)
Expensive, but brilliant. At the forefront of California Sauvignon Blanc. Shows bright and clean acidity framing intense tangerine, lime and honey flavors, as well as complications from oak. Yet it finishes bone dry and elegant. Delicious and compelling, this wine lifts Sauvignon Blanc into entirely new territory. — S.H. (9/1/2010) — 95 -
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Robert Mondavi 2005 To Kalon Vineyard Reserve Fumé Blanc (Oakville)
Always one of the best Sauvignon Blancs in California, the ’05 is a stunner. It brings new levels of richness and complexity to a variety that can be simple even in the best of hands. With 15% Sémillon, the wine explodes with zesty tangerine, lemon tart, coconut pie and smoky oak flavors, with an edge of wintergreen. The finish is absolutely dry. A triumph. — S.H. (12/1/2007) — 95 -
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Santa Barbara Winery 2001 Lafond Vineyard Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc (Santa Ynez Valley)
Picked at an unbelievable 38 degrees of brix, with residual sugar of 12.5%, this is a very, very sweet wine. It has an unctuous, honeyed texture, but super-high acidity breaks it up. Flavorwise, it’s botrytis-infected apricot-infused crème brûlée. Wow. — S.H. (11/1/2006) — 95 -
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Robert Mondavi 1994 Reserve To Kalon Fumé Blanc (Napa Valley)
Fresh and complex. Layers of citrus peel, pineapple, oak and a fruity compôte. Bone dry, crisp. Lots of minerality, stone. Creamy. Fabulous, long, firm quality. Fresh, smooth, dryish-sweet, long satisfying finish. From old vines. — S.H. (6/1/2005) — 95 -
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Source Napa 2005 Heart Block Sauvignon Blanc (Yountville)
It was barrel-fermented, using wild yeasts, and aged on the lees. The vineyard is in the coolest part of Napa Valley, and in this cool vintage, acidity is the most important part of the wine. Crisp and biting, it lends structural authority to the Meyer lemon, lime, tangerine, fig, mineral, vanilla and white pepper flavors. The alcohol level has been kept to a modest 13.8%. A welcome addition to California’s Sauvignon Blanc pantheon. — S.H. (3/1/2008) — 94 -
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Henri Bourgeois 2008 Le M.D. de Bourgeois Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)
The initials refer to the vineyard of Mont Damné, the steepest vineyard in Sancerre. The wine reflects the stony character of the soil, coming through with great intensity. It is powerful, flinty, with a biting citrus character, deliciously taut and intense. — R.V. (8/1/2010) — 94 -
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Château Tour des Gendres 2007 Anthologia Sauvignon Blanc (Bergerac Sec)
Luc de Conti’s quest for perfection in wood aging white wines reaches its apogee here, a pure Sauvignon Blanc. The ripe spice, quince and lemon flavors mingle together in a powerful wine that keeps surprising elegance. Age for another year for final integration. — R.V. (3/1/2010) — 94 -
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Alphonse Mellot 2006 Cuvée Edmond Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre)
With some wood aging, Cuvée Edmond is generally released a year later than other whites from Alphonse Mellot. The wine is beautifully rounded, a rich, complex Sauvignon Blanc that shows ripe apricots, pears, spice and sweet, luscious acidity. — R.V. (9/1/2009) — 94
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Tenuta Argentiera Argentiera
Red Blend, Bolgheri Superiore
Here’s a beautifully chocolaty and rich blend of Cabernet Sauvignon…Read More