TASTING NOTES: APPEARANCE: Clear, bright, pale straw with silver highlights. AROMA: Aromatic with ripe lemon, pear and a tropical fruit, mixed with savory herbal notes and acacia flower accents. PALATE: Dry with moderate-plus body, a fresh burst of lemon lime and green apple on the entry becoming more complex toward the mid-palate with white pepper, green herbs and floral notes as the palate unfolds. The finish is crisp with sustained citrus and tropical fruit balanced by savory fresh cut herbs, a subtle white pepper accent and a pleasing mineral texture. FOOD PAIRINGS: It’s a perfect match to a cool summer soup like Gazpacho, or its Andalusian relative, Salmorejo made with fresh olive oil. It’s also great with grilled oysters with an herb compound butter, or a salad of mixed greens, pears and walnuts with fresh goat cheese. This is Sauvignon Blanc at its best; palate-cleansing and refreshing, textural, with a balance of complex fruit, herbal highlights and savory flavors. VINTAGE NOTES: The 2018 vintage had a cool, dry winter with cooler temps and almost all the rain occurring from late February through March. Bud break began in mid to late March after a few warming periods. Temperatures fluctuated in April with some minor frost in a few Vineyards. May and June alternated between warm and cool temperatures during flowering, including a few windy days that affected flowering and naturally reduced our yields a bit. Warm weather began in June and turned hot causing veraison to begin around the last week of July. The high heat continued through mid-August causing the plants to shut down slightly, delaying ripeness and maturity until a cooling trend got things back on track in time to start picking our sauvignon blanc parcels in September.
