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Sauvignon Blanc favors

Strong aromas of green fruit and vegetables ( gooseberry, elderflower, bell pepper, asparagus.




High acid, Medium Body, dry

Climate to grow SB

Cool climate, moderate (will lack complexity)

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

SB from Loire

Cool climate, High Acidity, Medium Body, moderate or pronounced aromas. Green Fruit and Herbaceous

SB from Bordeaux

Blended with Semillon ( a fruity wine with distinctively herbaceous, grassy, elderflower aromas.


Dry, med acid or high acid, medium body





Best wines from Bordeaux SB

Cru classe chateaux in Pessac-leognan AC and Graves AC

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

Adelaide Hills, Australia SB

Intensely fruity and clean



California SB

Napa Valley, Fume Blanc


SB can be oaked

Casablanca, chile SB

Herbaceous, fruit-led. Highly aromatic and refreshingly fruity. Citrus, green apple, grassy

Constantia, Elgin South African SB

High quality. 2 styles. Some pungent and fruity, other oaked. Age worthy. Cooling sea= fresh SBSB

bulk SB

Outside of Loire in France


Chile


California


South Africa