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Sauvignon Blanc favors |
Strong aromas of green fruit and vegetables ( gooseberry, elderflower, bell pepper, asparagus. High acid, Medium Body, dry |
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Climate to grow SB |
Cool climate, moderate (will lack complexity) |
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Premium SB regions |
Loire central vineyard - Sancerre and Pouilly fume Bordeaux Australia and New Zealand - Marlborough USA-California Napa Valley South America and South Africa - Casablanca and San Antonio |
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SB from Loire |
Cool climate, High Acidity, Medium Body, moderate or pronounced aromas. Green Fruit and Herbaceous |
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SB from Bordeaux |
Blended with Semillon ( a fruity wine with distinctively herbaceous, grassy, elderflower aromas. Dry, med acid or high acid, medium body |
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Best wines from Bordeaux SB |
Cru classe chateaux in Pessac-leognan AC and Graves AC |
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Marlborough SB |
Cool climate, expressive Dry, high acid, no oak, med body, intense, pungent, clean, varietal flavours. Passion Fruit, gooseberry, green pepper, black currant leaf. Vegetable |
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Adelaide Hills, Australia SB |
Intensely fruity and clean |
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California SB |
Napa Valley, Fume Blanc SB can be oaked |
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Casablanca, chile SB |
Herbaceous, fruit-led. Highly aromatic and refreshingly fruity. Citrus, green apple, grassy |
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Constantia, Elgin South African SB |
High quality. 2 styles. Some pungent and fruity, other oaked. Age worthy. Cooling sea= fresh SBSB |
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bulk SB |
Outside of Loire in France Chile California South Africa |