sauvignon blanc
2008 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc
Our Sauvignon Blanc is, well, exceptional! And might we add, it is also owner Mary Novak’s favorite wine. We blend our Sauvignon Blanc with grapes grown for us by a handful of conscientious growers to create a vibrant, lovely, flavorful wine. Due to its very limited production, we offer this wine only to our mailing list customers and to select restaurants around the country.
With alluring aromas of floral peach blossoms and ripe nectarines, the 2008 Sauvignon Blanc is sure to please. This wine, fermented and aged in small stainless steel and French oak barrels and tiny concrete egg-shaped tanks, exhibits all that is to be expected from Spottswoode. Smoothly textured and with a pleasant acidity, the 2008 exhibits pure Sauvignon Blanc fruit—full and ripe with refined minerality. Our continued appreciation for all that is beautiful in this grape is due to the fine work performed by our own estate vineyard crew and by a handful of meticulous farmers. We thank the Tofanelli, Hyde, and Farina families and the Silver Pines Vineyard for their contributions to this blend!
RELEASE DATE
- July 1, 2009
- 1,800 cases of 750 ml.
- Spottswoode Estate, Sauvignon Blanc, St. Helena
- Spottswoode Estate, Sauvignon Musque,
St. Helena - Farina Vineyard, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma
- Hyde Vineyard, Sauvignon Musque, Carneros
- Silver Pines Vineyard, Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma
- Tofanelli Vineyard, Semillon, Calistoga
- 100% barrel fermented in French Oak, stainless steel, and concrete “cuves”
- 67% Sauvignon Blanc
- 24% Sauvignon Musque
- 9% Semillon
- $36 per 750 ml. bottle
- 45% Napa Valley
- 55% Sonoma Mountain
