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| Other White Wines
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| | | Score | User | City | State | Country | Tasting Notes | Time |
| 75 | | | 92 | JaneGarvey | Atlanta | Georgia | USA | This Napa Valley limited-production (925 cases) dry white wine is a veritable fruit salad: Sauvignon Blanc (48%); Chardonnay (26%); Viognier (13%); Vermentino (8%); and Albariño (5%), a blend that’s completely different from the 2010, which also contained some Chenn Blanc. Production is just 925 cases, so there’s not much of this quite refined, interesting medium-to-full-bodied wine. Dry, with an aroma of exotic, tropical yellow fruits--especially pineapple--the wine shows a slight canned green pea note offered probably by the Sauvignon Blanc. Of all the varieties, the Sauvignon Blanc is the only one fermented in neutral (old) oak. The rest are done in stainless steel, providing a clean, vibrant, fresh yellow fruit character, backed up by good acidity and minerality. The palate is nearly seamless, so you can’t really distinguish one fruit component from another. Suffice it to say, the experience focuses on fresh, yellow stone fruits with a bit of pineapple and other tropical tones. Rich and exotic, it seems to work well as a cocktail wine or with a full meal.
Suggested Food Pairings:
Mousse of foie gras; white pizza (try buffalo milk mozzarella, thinly sliced Yukon Gold potatoes, pesto, thinly sliced Vidalia onion and arugula, one of my favorites); roast chicken; chicken pot pie or empanada (Galician style); coconut shrimp; Thai curry shrimp salad; ginger-garlic wings; cottage pie made with chicken; roast Cornish game hen; simple grilled or roasted mild fish (swordfish). I’d like to try it with cream of asparagus soup. Maybe a chilled one, rather than hot.
Distributors:
Big Boat Wine Co. | 10/01/2012 |
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