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Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Napa Valley, California, United StatesIt’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.Tasted: 26 June 2017Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:
BC$45.99750mlBCLS
ON$44.95750mlLCBO
NL$51.34750mlNLC
Producer: Cakebread CellarsDistributors: Charton-Hobbs
Grape: Sauvignon BlancCSPC: 191429UPC: 84692479047