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This is a bright, sunny wine, fairly light in color, spicy and delicate, while showing serious gravity in the structural department. I had at first pegged it as maybe Syrah and Carignane, but turning the bottle around reveals it to be a straight-up Claret. I didn’t see that one comin, and for Merlot, it’s a beautiful blend–especially from California. Chilly and nuanced, with a certain depth of…

A ridiculously clean, vibrant version of the variety, which–as usual with Sauvignon Blanc–causes me to ponder the oft-levied question: How much alleged varietal-correctness (we have somewhat erroniously learned to accept) is required in a sauv-blanc before it’s just a “nice, smooth, beautiful, white wine”? This all goes back–of course–to a *gathering* of accepted pyrazine nuances the common…