Stone Edge Farm Property Vineyards & Vineyard is present in one of the crucial sensuous-sounding AVAs in California — Moon Mountain. Right here, the operation produces “age-worthy, earth-conscious Bordeaux-style wines” — and that features white wines, not simply crimson. Bordeaux Blanc wines are usually blended from sauvignon blanc and semillon, and Stone Edge follows that lead: This wine, whereas billed on the label as a sauvignon blanc, is definitely a mix of mix of 77% sauvignon blanc and 23% semillon.
Per the corporate: “The grapes are sourced from Stone Edge Farm’s 160-acre Silver Cloud winery, located at an elevation of 1,800 toes within the Moon Mountain District, then harvested within the early morning to protect their chilly temperature, and eventually transported to the vineyard, contributing to the creation of this Bordeaux Blanc fashion wine.”
The semillon does a number of the work right here, giving the wine a extra citrus-driven character and tempering the often-heavy floral and grassy parts frequent in California sauvignon blanc. Calmly peachy parts inform the midpalate, and that refined perk of ammonia finally rears its head on the cleaning however well-perfumed end. Hints of lavender linger, although there’s an echo of pineapple that screams a reminder of the tropical energy of sauvignon blanc. Wonderful with a lighter meal, particularly seafood.
A- / $50 / stoneedgefarm.com
2022 Stone Edge Farm Sauvignon Blanc Moon Mountain District
$50
