2008 Sauvignon Blanc Estate Grown
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2008 SAUVIGNON BLANC, ESTATE GROWN Santa Rita Hills Winemaker Notes: Winegrowing/winemaking is not a perfect science. I like to think of it more as a craft that is full of approximation. I am not saying it isn’t rewarding. It’s just that it takes time to really figure it out. If I had a dime for every time I had to guess at something in this craft, I’d be a rich man. Well, short of riches, the trial and error thing is finally starting to pay off, and this Sauvignon Blanc is the proof. This wine is so good, it blows my mind. I mean, every now and then I have to pinch myself with a wine like this. It’s like, “I made this wine?” This is my 24th attempt at making a Sauvignon Blanc like this, and I will tell you, 24 years is plenty of time to have the thought cross your mind, ‘this kind of wine is unreachable.’ I guess the real satisfaction is in knowing that after all those attempts, not only is it reachable, it’s reality. It’s a wine like this that makes me glad I’m in this business. And I think I will leave it at that. Rather than go on describing the wine, I think I will just recommend that you try it. It has all the characteristics of the last few vintages but with a level of complexity and richness that is uncanny. If there was a blood of Sauvignon Blanc, this would be it. Cheers, Bryan Technical Notes: VARIETAL COMPOSITION: 98% Sauvignon Blanc, Babcock Estate, Sta. Rita Hills 2% Chardonnay, Loma Verde Vineyard, Los Alamos Valley FERMENTATION: 100% cool stainless steel fermentation FINISHED WINE: pH: 3.39 TA: 6.6 g/L RESIDUAL SUGAR: Dry ALCOHOL: 15% BOTTLING DATE: March, 2009 RELEASE DATE: April, 2009 PRODUCTION: 1,112 cases 12/750ml Click Here for an Adobe Reader PDF version of Bryan Babcock's vintage note on 2008 Sauvignon Blanc, Estate Grown.