Monday, July 19, 2010

Sauvignon Blanc from Russian River, California: Rancho Zabaco Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2008


Our Rancho Zabaco Sauvignon Blanc exhibits intense aromas and flavors of lime peel, cut grass, and gooseberry with notes of ripe peach and tropical fruit. With a touch of minerality, the mouthfeel is both crisp and refined and has an exceptionally lengthy finish. The wine is elegant and expressive, showing the many great varietal characters of a cool-climate Sauvignon Blanc.

The fruit in this wine is fat enough to battle past the onion-skin reduction character, emerging clean and brisk as rainwater, it feels pure and stony, the flavors melding tart lime pitch with lasting peach skin. Delicious with a shellfish stew.

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