There is no shortage of intense, green-leaf herbaceousness to be found here, but the wine balances this varietal aspect with a good dose of well-ripened fruit at its heart. It is moderately full on the palate with a tag-end of heat, and, while it may lack in grace at the moment, it has the essential substance and depth to ensure a more polished future if allowed to quietly settle for an additional year.

Readers should not forget the delicious 2008 Sauvignon Blanc (100% Sauvignon). Aged in a combination of primarily stainless steel and about 28% French oak, it offers crisp, flinty grapefruit notes intermixed with fresh citrus and a hint of orange blossom. This fresh, lively mid-weight Sauvignon should be consumed over the next year.

Pale yellow. Pungent grapefruit skin, lemon, musky herbs and fig on the soil-driven nose. Then supple and aromatic in the mouth, with citrus, melon and fig flavors and a firm vein of acidity leavening the wine's fat. Idiosyncratic but interesting sauvignon, finishing with attractive floral perfume.

Community Tasting Notes (average 89.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 44 notes)