Sauvignon Blanc
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If wine grapes were named after jazz vocalists, Sauvignon Blanc would almost certainly be named Aretha Franklin. Sassy and vibrant in style, Aretha hits the high notes with an electric, nervy edge.
Sauvignon Blanc
History
Sauvignon Blanc probably originated in the Bordeaux region of southwestern France and was well known by the Seventeenth Century.
Sauvignon Blanc
Charles Wetmore, founder of Cresta Blanca winery, brought the first cuttings of Sauvignon Blanc to California in the 1880s.
Sauvignon Blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France.
Sauvignon Blanc (pronounced SO-vin-yawn BLONK)
As with chardonnay, the purest expression of the sauvignon blanc grape is found in France, in the Loire Valley (Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume) and Bordeaux.
Leeuwin Estate 2001 Margaret River "Siblings" Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon ($12.99)
This crisp, dry white wine from Western Australia is a blend of 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon, a formula akin to White Bordeaux.
Sauvignon Blanc (So-veen-yawn-blah)
Lighter than Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc usually has a grassy citrus aroma. Flavors range from apple, pear, green tea, limes and freshly mowed grass. You can often detect a little smokiness.
Sauvignon blanc from New Zealand
There is nothing comparable to New Zealand sauvignon blanc. Bold, assertive and stylish, it reminds me of an Andy Warhol painting.
Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc produces a wine for our times -- white, dry, refreshingly zestful, aggressively recognizable. It makes the noble dry wines of Bordeaux where it is blended with Semillon.
Sauvignon Blanc: After 24 hours there were clear and startling differences in the aromatic profiles of the six Sauvignon Blancs.
Sauvignon Blanc
Geography
France, New World, especially New Zealand.
Viticulture
Enjoys a cool climate. Ideal terroir-the Loire and Bordeaux regions of France.
Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc are the most important grapes of this French wine region, famous for its white wines, as well as for Cabernet Franc, the main grape in red wines ...
SAUVIGNON BLANC
A classic white-wine variety widely planted in the Bordeaux and eastern Loire regions of France. Also widely grown in the United States, although less popular than Chardonnay, and in New Zealand.
Sauvignon Blanc
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Super-model white, all style and dash, with a screaming aroma that can be vivid gooseberry or lush tropicals. Pure, fresh, often prickly and mouth-watering delicious. When serious, can match the best dry whites.
Sauvignon Blanc: New Zealand versions are particularly good since they are light, zesty and lemony. See our selection of Sauvignon Blanc wines ...
Sauvignon Blanc Review: Maddalena
When I first saw this wine I thought, "wow, a wine from Texas!". After all, San Antonio IS in Texas, isn't it?
Yeah . um . sometimes I'm not so smart.
Sauvignon Blanc is the grape of white Bordeaux wines. These wines (especially from the Graves region of France) can reach a soft, nutty, almost honeyed quality when they are mature (from 7-15 years of age).
Sauvignon Blanc
The "Other Chardonnay" is a native of the Bordeaux region of France. Sauvignon Blanc is relatively easy to make and can range from grassy and vegetal to fruity and floral. It is often fermented cold and not barrel aged.
Reds ...
Sauvignon Blanc: Aroma that is grassy, herbaceous, and citrus. Crisp, bracing flavour of apples, lemons, and grapefruit.
Semillon: Soft, smooth flavour with some herbal spiciness. A good grape to blend with Sauvignon Blanc or Chardonnay.
Sauvignon Blanc: This grape produces a crisp, dry white wine. These wines come in two styles - one emphasizing fruit flavor, the other herbal flavors. There are some great wines made from sauvignon blanc.
Sauvignon Blanc (so-vee-n'yohn blahn)
A white wine grape planted around the world. In France it is found in Bordeaux, where it is usually blended with Semillon to make a rich styled wine, but with very little varietal character.
Sauvignon Blanc: A white grape planted throughout the world; increasingly the signature wine of New Zealand.
Sec: French term for dry. (see Dry)
Sémillon: A plump white grape popular in Bordeaux and Australia; the base for Sauternes.
Sauvignon Blanc
Origin: Its origin is not known exactly, it originates probably from France.
Sauvignon Blanc - Sauvignon Blanc is a white wine best known for its grassy, herbal flavors. Sauvignon Blanc is also called Fume Blanc, and is a popular choice for fish and shellfish dishes.
Sauvignon Blanc (cut grass, lemon and herbs)
A popular alternative to Chardonnay. It makes a crisp, light wine. Sauvignon Blanc has been produced for many years in France, and came to California in the late 1800's.
Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. Just about everyone likes this wine and that's a good thing, since there isn't a more consistently good, reasonably priced white on the shelves these days.
SAUVIGNON BLANC (White) [SO-vin-yon BLAHNK]
Another white with a notable aroma, this one "grassy" or "musky.
SAUVIGNON BLANC [SOH-veen-yown, blahnk]
Classic white-wine producer variety commonly planted in the Bordeaux and eastern Loire regions of France. Shows vigorous growth and is late maturing.
Sauvignon Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc is a white-grape variety from Bordeaux and the Loire areas of France, where it makes superb sweet and dry white wine. Its grassy/steely and sometimes asparagus-like character attracts either love or loathing.
Sauvignon Blanc
An aromatic variety responsible for distinctive whites such as France's Sancerre, California's Fumé Blancs and many of New Zealand's best whites.
Sauvignon Blanc
A popular white varietal in Europe, California and Australia. Sometimes called Fume Blanc in California, can be made into botritised dessert wines.
Sauvignon Blanc is perhaps now the most popular white grape type. Being a very productive variety it can produce large quantities of wine for modest effort but the result is rather flavourless and unremarkable and shows no sign of the gooseberry ...
Sauvignon Blanc
One of the most refreshing and vibrant white wines, Sauvignon Blanc's signature aromas include freshly mown grass, lemon-grass, gooseberry, green bell pepper, green melon, grapefruit, canned peas, asparagus, lime, nettle, acacia, ...
Sauvignon blanc
Synonyms
In Australia this variety is usually known as Sauvignon Blanc.
Try a Sauvignon Blanc. Jackson-Triggs 2004 Proprietor's Grand Reserve, Sauvignon Blanc, Niagara is a complex Sauvignon Blanc from Niagara with appealing sweet melon and fig flavors, light herbal character and a crisp finish.
Sauvignon Blanc - (So-veen-yawn BlahN)
Noble white grape, native to the Loire and Bordeaux (where it is usually blended with Semillon); also widely planted in the Western U.S., South America, Australia and New Zealand and elsewhere.
Sauvignon Blanc
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Serve tomato basil soup with a dry Sauvignon Blanc wine. Sauvignon Blanc wine is zesty and tart while being a versatile wine that complements tomato-based foods well.
Sauvignon Blanc / Chardonnay / Pinot Grigio / Muscadet sur Lie
Plateau de Fruits de Mer (Seafood Plate)
Chablis / Muscadet / Alsace Sylvaner ...
Sauvignon Blanc is a great brunch wine because it doesn't overpower food and typically pairs with lighter fare.
Sauvignon Blanc gives wines an herbal character with aromas of mineral and melon.
In the Loire Valley, Sauvignon wines have acquired such a renown that there are the "vins de Sauvignon" (Sauvignon wines) and the others.
Aromas: melon, mineral ...
Sauvignon Blanc: Recent arrival from France. Pale yellow; aromas of eucalyptus, grass, mango, apples.
Sémillon: Long history in Argentina; pale gold to straw; light citrus with aromas of peach, apricot.
Sauvignon Blanc - This white grape has a vibrant tanginess and slight pungency that shows tremendous versatility with all those flavors on the table. Some wineries use the name Fumé Blanc on the label-same thing.
Sauvignon Blanc:
This is the primary white grape of Bordeaux and the Eastern Loire Valley (Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé), it is also grown in California, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Chile.
Sauvignon Blanc
gooseberry, lime, asparagus, cut grass, bell pepper (capsicum), grapefruit, passionfruit, cat pee (tasters' term for guava)
Sémillon ...
Grassy: Sauvignon blanc-based wines remind many tasters of grass.
Green: usually said of younger, raw, acidic white or red wine; a rough aspect that usually softens with age; ...
Sauvignon (Sauvignon blanc): White grape, second only to Chardonnay for table wines in many quarters. Used around the world for its ability to produce fine wines in regions a little too warm for the best Chardonnays.
A metallic smell and taste associated with wines vinified from white grapes such as Sauvignon Blanc that have been grown in particular soils.
Flowery.
It is not difficult to make a convincing argument that this is the greatest conceivable expression of Sauvignon Blanc. The appellation, for white Sancerre specifically, was created in 1936, that for reds and rosés following only in 1959.
Acidic white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc are food friendly. The right amount of acid prevents sweet wines from being cloying. Italian wines tend to be fairly acidic.
Acidification ...
Reds, mainly from Cabernet Franc, can be an acquired taste, but the varied styles of white wines from Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc are often stunning.
Sauvignon Blanc
(SOH-veenyohn-BLAHn)
This grape is intensely aromatic and acidic. Depending on the growing region and winemaking techniques it can range from grassy, herbaceous, flinty, and green, to aromas of peach, fresh hay and melons.
In general, Sauvignon Blanc and Rose wines are your safest bets for the majority of the most popular salads.
Examples are, the lemony linalool (in Riesling), and the capsicum like 2-methoxy-3-isobutylpyrazine (in Sauvignon Blanc). Other compounds are subtler in their contribution.
But a lightly vegetal, grassy, leafy or herbaceous aspect may be a characteristic of certain varieties, such as bell pepper in cabernet sauvignon or grassiness in sauvignon blanc. ??
The Loire is known for its white wines, the district of Pouilly-Fumé using Sauvignon Blanc grapes and Vouvray using Chenin Blanc.
Grassy: A signature descriptor for Sauvignon Blanc and a pleasant one unless overbearing and pungent.
Green: Tasting of unripe fruit. Wines made from unripe grapes will often possess this quality. Pleasant in Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
A descriptor for extremely dry white wines such as Sauvignon Blanc, whose bouquet is reminiscent of flint struck against steel; typical of French Chablis and Loire Valley Sauvignon Blancs (Sancerre).
Floral (also Flowery) ...
Slightly vegetal-tasting undertone often part of the overall character of Sauvignon Blanc and certain other grape varietals. European tasters sometimes use the word "gooseberry" to describe this flavor. In minute presence it can enhance flavors.
A plus in many wines such as Sauvignon Blanc and, to a lesser extent, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Herbal is a synonym, though when the concentration of the aroma is high and becomes less than pleasant, the term herbaceous is used.
For white wines, taste: Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and then Chardonnay.
For reds wines, taste: Pinot Noir, Merlot, and then Cabernet Sauvignon. Don't worry, you'll be told exactly what you're tasting.
 See also: Sauvignon, Blanc, Wine, White, Grape
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