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Longboard Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc

Year

2008
Varietal

Sauvignon Blanc
Style

Crisp
Origin

United States
Pairing

Seafood
$15.00 per bottle
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Origin
Sonoma County's Russian River Valley is located north of San Francisco near the cool Pacific coast. This region is best known for its superb Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, but the crisp, foggy climate also produces some of California's best and most stylish Sauvignon Blanc. Summer temperatures are comparable to those of New Zealand's Marlborough region, but the latitude is more moderate, resulting in very racy, but marginally riper, Sauvignon Blanc that's a touch less herbaceous than its New Zealand counterpart.
Pairings
This crisp, medium-bodied white is a perfect match for freshly shucked oysters, or medium-weight seafood dishes like halibut ceviche or grilled shrimp with a mango, cilantro and mint salsa. It's also great with panzanella, a Tuscan bread and tomato salad.

Serve well chilled (47°F).
Winemaker
Longboard's founder and winemaker, Oded Shakked, grew up in Tel Aviv, Israel, and taught himself to surf on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. By the time he was in his 20s, Oded was earning a living making custom surfboards, and he regularly sought out bigger waves on Europe's Atlantic coast. In Portugal, he discovered wine. Eventually, his dual passions lured him to sunny California, where he studied winemaking at U.C. Davis and established Longboard Vineyards in laid-back Sonoma County, where he makes small batches of wine by hand from select vineyards.
The Wine
This lively Sauvignon Blanc comes from the sustainably farmed O'Neel Vineyard near the town of Sebastapol in the Russian River Valley. It has bright aromas of grapefruit, Meyer lemon, grilled pineapple and lime zest, and juicy flavors of lychee, white grapefruit, lemongrass and passion fruit that finish crisp and clean.

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