7 results for "2009 Cliff Lede Sauvignon Blanc Napa" between $10.00 and $50.00

- One of the best known "international" varieties originally cultivated in France and considered the parent of, with Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon. Sauvignon's wonderfully distinctive aromatics generate some of wine's most colorful descriptors, among them "cat pee," herbaceous, grassy, citrusy the world over. In France, the apex of Sauvignon Blanc production is the Loire Valley, in the appellations of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where the terroir expresses itself most beautifully through the...

Great opportunity to try one of Napa Valley's limited Sauvignon Blancs from up-and-coming Cliff Lede Vineyards! previous vintage 92 Points Wine Spectator: "Vibrant, bursting with fresh mandarin orange juice and tropical whiffs of mango and passion fruit, but also plenty of grass and hay notes. There’s a very refreshing acidity, and the flavors sing on the finish. Drink now through 2014." Proprietor Cliff Lede has put together a top-notch winemaking triumvirate that includes the extraordinary talents...

Winemaker Notes: The 2006 Cliff Lede Sauvignon Blanc is perfumed with a panoply of aromas ranging from mandarin orange, lychee, and apricot, to fennel, mineral, and blooming flowers. This is a medium-bodied wine that is both crisp and flavorful with nuances of melon, grapefruit, and honeysuckle ending in a long and intense full finish.

"A fine, crisp Sauvignon Blan, offering lots of sweet citrus fruits, honey and spcies that venture into real complexity. The flavors of tangerines, Aisan pears, Meyer lemons and green apples are rich and intricate, brightened by fine acidity."