BLUE BOOK TASTE PROFILE

Appellation: Temecula Valley
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc


TASTE BENCHMARKS
  Profile #1
Fresh Style
Profile #2
Oaked Fumé Style
Appearance Pale straw. Pale straw.
Aroma Rose,perfume, grapefruit, lime with an herbal nettle and tarragon complexing element. Lilac perfume with weedy nettle and grapefruit. Toasted almond, smoke and vanilla.
Flavor Round and lush, managing somehow to be both delicate and complex. Good acidity. Rich and round with clear oak influence.
Balance Surprisingly good acidity. Surprisingly good acidity.
PRODUCTION CORRELATIONS
Oenological Standard stainless fermentation, no oak or malolactic. Barrel and or oak alternatives employed in production.
Terroir Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. Hot, rising Palm Desert air to the East daily pulls cooling air from the Pacific 18 miles West through the Rainbow Gap in the coastal mountains. Well-drained, loamy soils with decomposed granite on the Valley floor at 1100 feet. Hot, rising Palm Desert air to the East daily pulls cooling air from the Pacific 18 miles West through the Rainbow Gap in the coastal mountains.