Winemaking notes:
This wine is focused on purity of fruit; it is a flip book of the varietal as it ripens on our Rutherford estate. We capture different snapshots of the grape’s character by making three picking passes during harvest. This provides the wine with multiple layers of fruit starting with zesty citrus, moving to stone fruits, progressing to melons, and finishing with a hint of exotic tropical fruits. Each of these aromatic profiles represents the different ripeness levels at which the clusters were picked.
Tasting notes:
This zippy Sauvignon Blanc practically jumps out of the glass with its aromatics of white lilies, spring rain, lychee fruit and grapefruit pith, which continue to develop as the wine opens up with air. On the palate there is a stunning richness balanced with mouthwatering acidity from start to finish, making this a wine that truly overdelivers on every expectation.
Vintage & viticulture:
The 2019 rainy season was punctuated by a fairly large rain event in May which allowed vines to grow and develop with low to no irrigation. The growing season was long and, towards the end, very mild. We were allowed to pick when the fruit was ready without having our hands forced by extreme heat or rain.We are extremely pleased with the quality and character of the resulting 2019 wines with bright, tropical white varieties and red varieties demonstrating richly saturated red fruit notes such as ripe raspberry and dark cherry with soft supple tannins.