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| SAUVIGNON BLANC 2015 Napa Valley |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
CAKEBREAD CELLARS |
| Bright very pale straw colour. Youthful, spicy, honeyed, apple-melon-apricot nose with some faint leesy notes. Dry, medium bodied, quite well structured, spicy, very faintly honeyed, ripe apple-lemon-melon flavours with a lingering, mineral-tinged, crisp, unoaked finish. This blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 6% Semillon and 4% Sauvignon Musque has 13.9% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. TONY ASPLER / 89-points - Minerally, grapefruit and lanolin nose, spicy with a touch of oak; medium to full-bodied, dry, spicy green melon and grapefruit flavours. The 2014 (**/**+) with 88.5-points was released on November 26, 2016 at $44.95. |
CSPC |
707224 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Cha Hob |
| Country |
USA |
| Region |
California |
| Rating |
***(90 points)
Dry, Spicy, Ripe |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection! |
| TASTING NOTE: It's been a while since we last saw this sauvignon and this must be one of the best they have made. The Cakebread sauvignon blanc grapes come from a section sites across Napa Valley, including its estate ranches in Carneros, southeastern Napa, Rutherford and Calistoga. The blend is 90/6/4 sauvignon blanc/sémillon/ sauvignon musqué. A short crop helped to concentrate the fruit that was picked between August 4th and September 2nd, the earliest ever. Some 80 percent of the juice goes into stainless steel tanks and 20 percent in neutral French oak barrels for ferment before it spends five months in neutral French oak barrels. Barely aromatic, the flavours are a mix of grapefruit, kiwi, fennel and honeydew melon with a spicy, mineral chalky, Graves-like finish. Food friendly: think shrimp, chicken, asparagus, smoked salmon or onion tarts. Score - 90 (Anthony Gismondi, gismondionwine.com, June 26, 2017) |
Price |
$ 44.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 14, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
167 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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