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| St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc 2011, |
My tasting partner recently ‘semi retired’ from his real job
(not his tasting job with me) and is now only working 60 hours/week as compared
to the 80 hours/week he had been working.
Since he has so much ‘free time’, he started teaching graduate students
at our local university, and has invited them to join us in a wine tasting at
our home. We have decided to compare
Sauvignon Blancs from 3 different geographic regions - Europe
(France ), America
(California ) and Oceania
(New Zealand ). We know each region has a sense of
place (or terroir) in their wine, but this concept struck home during a
recent vacation. While we were at dinner
one night, my tasting partner and I each ordered a glass of Sauvignon Blanc,
mine from California and his from
New Zealand . The wines reflected what we thought- the
Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand
was herbaceous and the California Sauvignon Blanc was fruitier with citrus undertones. Our server, who was excited about our
tasting, offered us a glass of Sauvignon Blanc from France
saying he could always tell the geographic region a Sauvignon Blanc came from. The French Sauvignon Blanc had a more mineral taste,
and yes, each wine was distinctive and unique.
We decided this would be a good theme for a wine tasting, especially for
novice palates.
I purchased these wines at a national discount beverages and
more store. The first wine we tasted was
St. Supery Sauvignon Blanc 2011 from Napa Valley. It has 13.7% alcohol and was $19.99. My tasting partner and I noticed the fresh fruit
on the nose, and the melon and grapefruit on the palate. It is
a bright, crisp wine and demonstrates the melon and fruit commonly found in
California Sauvignon Blancs.
