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Haut-Dambert – Bordeaux Blanc Entre-deux-Mers
Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
60% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Sauvignon Gris, 15% Muscadelle. From a unique terroir in the Entre-Deux-Mers: elevated hillside vineyards with a slightly cooler climate and well-draining soil. Vinified in stainless steel and aged on the fine lees for 3 months. The use of both Sauvignon Blanc and Gris, as...
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – Buisson Pouilleux Touraine Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Named for the site, this wine comes from a single 1.1-hectare parcel of Sauvignon, half of which is still 65-year-old vines, while the other half has slowly been replanted and now ranges from 3 to 20 years old. It is planted on sand and gravel soils and is organically farmed...
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Cazin – Cheverny Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
80% Sauvignon Blanc/20% Chardonnay. Though Cazin's quiet rock-stardom stems from his Cour-Cheverny wines from the more obscure Romorantin grape, it was his Cheverny Blanc--by law a Sauvignon/Chardonnay blend-- which led importer Joe Dressner to François's wines in the first place at a Loire wine...
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Domaine Girard – Girard Sancerre La Garenne
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
From a two-and-a-half-hectare vineyard of that name, a plot on a steep east-facing slope with a very rocky limestone soil. The chalky soil brings out the characteristic flinty, mineral and green notes of Sauvignon Blanc. On La Garenne's well-drained, warm slopes the grapes achieve exceptional...
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Coustaut – Graves Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
45% Sauvignon Blanc, 45% Sémillon and 10% Muscadelle. The vines are 30-40 years old on average. Each variety is vinified separately in stainless steel vats at low and controlled temperatures to preserve all the grapes’ potential. Unfined and unfiltered.
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Coustaut – Graves Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Bordeaux, France
70% Sauvignon Blanc, 28% Sémillon and 2% Muscadelle. 2017 was a challenging year in Bordeaux because of frost and hail and at Coustaut, they had 85% less fruit than normal. Fortunately, the quality on what remained on the vines came out very well. The vines are 30-40 years old on average. Each...
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Rafael Tirado – Laberinto Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Maule, Chile
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Sauvignon Blanc from Maule, Chile
Arguably one of Chile’s best values; made all in stainless, and bottled fresh after spending a mere 3 months on the lees. Bright and floral aromatics give way to a palate that is lean, and mineral, sharp and citrusy.
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Vins Contés – Le Puits
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
50% Sauvignon Blanc/50% Chardonnay. Direct press of whole clusters; spontaneous co-fermentation; aging in tank and demi-muid; only 2 grams sulfur; bottled without filtration in January after the harvest.
SOLD OUT FOR THE VINTAGE
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Lauverjat – Menetou-Salon
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Menetou-Salon's stoney soil gives a lot of minerality to the wine. Vines average 26-30 years-old. Fermented and aged in stainless steel. 2015 was the first vintage produced. Average production is 5,000 bottles per year.
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – P'tit Buisson Touraine Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Tue Boeuf has been purchasing and harvesting this fruit for 15 years from a nearby Cher Valley site called Petit Buisson, a single 1.4-hectare parcel of 35-year-old vines on flinty clay and limestone soils, organically farmed and hand-harvested. Fermented with natural yeasts...
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Lauverjat – Pouilly-Fumé
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Located just across the Loire River from Sancerre, the soil here has river deposits and the Portlandian limestone joins the Kimmeridgian limestone. You find more red flint in Pouilly compared to the gray flint you find in Sancerre. The flint is known to add smokey notes to the wine - fumé!
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Lauverjat – Sancerre "Perle Blanche" Vieilles Vignes
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
From 55-year-old vines. Aged in stainless steel for 10 months. Richer and with a greater intensity than the Sancerre Blanc.
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Lauverjat – Sancerre Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Our top-selling Sancerre: unbeatable quality for the price.
Also available in 12/375ml and 6/1.5L!
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Fiou, Domaine Gerard – Sancerre Blanc "Le Grand Roc"
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
This cuvée comes from 62-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines with a south-southwest exposure, on a soil composed of silica and clay soil. Part of the wine is vinified in cement and “inox” tanks, and another part in new oak barrels; the wine is aged for 10 months on the fine lees, with bâtonnage.
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Fiou, Domaine Gerard – Sancerre Blanc "Silex"
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
From 63-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines planted on the famous flinted hills of Saint-Satur, on the eastern side of the Sancerre appellation. Vinified in temperature-regulated stainless steel tanks and aged for more than 6 months on the fine lees, with bâtonnage.
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Martin, Yves – Sancerre Chavignol
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Natural fermentations with spontaneous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Aged on the fine lees with bâtonnage.
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Martin, Yves – Sancerre Chavignol "Culs de Beaujeu"
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
From the famous Les Culs de Beaujeu vineyard in Chavignol, a site as highly regarded as Mont Damnés. The vines are an average of ten years old. The fruyit is hand-harvested; natural fermentations on indigenous yeasts in barrel and aged on the fine lees with bâtonnage.
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Thomas-Labaille – Sancerre Chavignol L'Authentique
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Originally labeled simply as "Sancerre", L'Authentique is Thomas-Labaille's multi-parcel estate bottling. All of the vines are on the Kimmeridgian limestone soils of Chavignol and average twenty-five years old; they are sustainably farmed and harvested by hand. The wine is...
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Thomas-Labaille – Sancerre Chavignol Monts Damnés
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Thomas-Labaille has vines averaging thirty years old with some much older on the famously steep slope of Monts Damnés in Chavignol. They are sustainably farmed and harvested by hand. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in fiberglass and cement tanks, aged on its lees in...
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Martin, Yves – Sancerre La Côte des Monts Damnés
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
From one of Sancerre's most famous single-vineyard sites. La Cote des Monts Damnes has very steep slopes with south, south-east exposure and the vines are planted at 250 - 350 meters altitude. Like all of Yves Martin's wines, the fermentation is spontanoeus with indigenous yeasts. It's aged on the...
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De Moor – Sans Bruit VDF Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc)
Sauvignon Blanc from Burgundy, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Burgundy, France
Also available in 2/3L.
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Sandy Cove – Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand
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Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough, New Zealand
From reputable winemaker, Allan Scott, this wine is surely worth more than its cost. Compared to other wines from the region, Sandy Cove is elegant and restrained while still undeniably true to its place.
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Eric Kent – Sauvignon Blanc "Cuvée Renée"
Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
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Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
SOLD OUT.
Notes from the Winery:
Our go-to summer (and often year-round) white continues its evolution. Now with a new block of Fallenleaf Vineyard planted over to the Musqué clone at our request, we’re getting deeper, more tropical and melony aromas and flavors than ever before. Yet at the same...
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Sans Wine Company – Sauvignon Blanc “Finley Road”
Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
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Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
‘Finley Road Vineyard’ is surrounded by pear orchards in Lake County’s Kelseyville area. Vine age ~ 25 years old. Hand harvested and farmed organically.
Harvested on September 9, 2017 and whole cluster pressed to stainless steel tank. Cold soaked for 3 days. Primary fermentation started naturally...
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AmByth Estate – Sauvignon Blanc (Orange)
Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
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Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
Coquelicot Vineyard Santa Barbara. Organic. Foot-stomped whole-cluster into Italian clay amphorae. 10 months on the skins.
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AmByth Estate – Sauvignon Blanc (Orange)
Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
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Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
Foot-stomped whole-cluster in 3 Italian clay amphorae, where it fermented on the skins through primary for 13 days. A third of the grapes were then pressed; topped off 2 amphorae with skins intact. Aged in a 300L and 500L amphorae for 10 months. Pressed and aged back into amphorae a further 2...
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – Sauvignon Qvevri
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Sauvignon Blanc, aged in amphora. Aromatic; rich on the palate. Citrus and mineral. An incredibly lovely bottle.
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – Sauvignon Qvevri
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Only a few bottles remain of this amphora-aged Sauvignon Blanc. Aromatic; rich on the palate. Citrus and mineral. An incredibly lovely bottle.
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – Sauvignon Qvevri
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Only a few bottles remain of this amphora-aged Sauvignon Blanc. Aromatic; rich on the palate. Citrus and mineral. An incredibly lovely bottle.
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Forgues, Valérie – Sauvignon Touraine Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc. Averaging 20 years old, Valérie's vines are planted on clay-limestone soils in the heart of the Cher valley of the Touraine region in the Loire. She farms them organically (soon to be certified) and harvests them by hand as of the 2016 vintage. The grapes are destemmed and...
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Rochette – Touraine Chenonceaux Blanc
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The Chenonceaux appellation, named after the famous Loire castle, comes from the steepest slopes, closest to the Cher with a 3-7% grade incline. The vines are required to be planted at a minimum density of 5,500 plants per hectare. This means that the yields average one liter of juice per vine....
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Rochette – Touraine Sauvignon
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
Leclair explained to us that Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine has a less aggressive character than Sauvignon from Sancerre for several reasons - first, the terroir is different; second, it's warmer in Touraine by a few degrees; third, Touraine harvests later (in Sancerre they won't take the risk in...
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Tue-Boeuf, Clos du – Vin Blanc VDF
Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
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Sauvignon Blanc from Loire, France
100% Sauvignon Blanc (prior to 2018, it was a Sauv Blanc/Chard blend labelled as P'tit Blanc). The "Vin Blanc" is the starting point for Tue-Boeuf's whites. As for the entry-level "Vin Rouge", the fruit comes from Touraine vines which the Puzelat family works organicallly but does not own; the...
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Frenchtown Farms – White Blend "The Pearl Thief" Sierra Foothills
Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
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Sauvignon Blanc from California, United States
70% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Roussanne (Slope 23, 1900 ft) from Renaissance Vineyard.
Sauvignon Blanc harvested first in early August, soaked on skins/stems for 5 days, pressed at first signs of fermentation. Juice fermented in 200 gal. open top tank. Roussanne harvested early September, soaked on...
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