Renaissance 1997 Sauvignon Blanc Late Harvest

Vintage Notes:
The 1997 growing season started with a perfect spring; warm, dry and sunny followed by a typically hot early summer. Bud was early; bloom was one of the earliest and most even in our memory.

Tasting Notes:
This dessert wine is musky and intense. Complex tropical fruit in the nose and an abundance of peach, apricot and kumquat alongside papaya, melon and mango. Persistent, with perfect acidity. A wine like this comes along once in 100 years.

Technical Notes:

Appellation:	North Yuba, Sierra Foothills
Varietals:	100% Sauvignon Blanc
Bottled:	November 1998
Harvest:	October 18-November 3, 1997
Ave. Brix:	40.0
Fermentation:	Cold fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Aging:	Neutral oak ovals