Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape, that has become incredibly popular, with increased plantings in Australia over the last 10 years. It grows best in the cooler wine regions. Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Orange in New South Wales and Tasmania are all regions which produce wonderful examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The coolest vintages have “grassy”, gooseberry characters, whereas, warmer vintages show more passionfruit flavour, but still with the trademark zingy acidity. In Marg
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    Domaine Gerard Boulay Sancerre Chavignol 2022
    • Variety Sauvignon Blanc
    • Vintage 2022
    • Brand Gerard Boulay
    • Cellaring 3-5 Years
    • Wine Type White
    • Alcohol Percentage 12.5% Alcohol
    Domaine Gerard Boulay Sancerre Chavignol 2022
    "Boulay’s entry-level is drawn from mature, 35- to 50-year-old vines rooted en..."
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    Gerard Boulay Clos Beaujeu Sancerre 2016
    • Variety Sauvignon Blanc
    • Vintage 2016
    • Brand Domaine Gérard Boulay
    • Cellaring 5-10 Years
    • Wine Type White
    • Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
    Gerard Boulay Clos Beaujeu Sancerre 2016
    "Naturally fermented in large, upright cuve, then aged in three and four-year-..."
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    Gerard Boulay Sancerre Clos Beaujeu 2017
    • Variety Sauvignon Blanc
    • Vintage 2017
    • Brand Domaine Gérard Boulay
    • Cellaring 1-3 Years
    • Wine Type White
    • Alcohol Percentage 13.0% Alcohol
    Gerard Boulay Sancerre Clos Beaujeu 2017
    "Riesling-like in mouthfeel, yet with a chalkiness that typically only comes f..."
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Sauvignon Blanc is a white grape, that has become incredibly popular, with increased plantings in Australia over the last 10 years. It grows best in the cooler wine regions.

Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River, Orange in New South Wales and Tasmania are all regions which produce wonderful examples of Sauvignon Blanc. The coolest vintages have “grassy”, gooseberry characters, whereas, warmer vintages show more passionfruit flavour, but still with the trademark zingy acidity. In Margaret River, Sauvignon Blanc is often blended with Semillon, this creates a perfect partnership and a fuller style of wine. In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand's trademark grape.

Sauvignon Blanc is an important white grape in France, especially Bordeaux and the Loire Valley. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux, where it is blended with Sémillon to produce Bordeaux Blancs and Cru Classé White Graves. Elsewhere in Bordeaux, it is also blended with Sémillon, to produce the amazing dessert wines of Sauternes. In the Loire Valley and particularly on the chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. The wines produced are very different to New World equivalents, they tend to be less pungent, more restrained, mineral with smoky, gunflint notes.

After initial problems, it is now grown very successfully in Chile. The wines are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character.

 

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