|
|
Wine Recommendation
Dry Creek Vineyard
2005 Sauvignon Blanc Musqué, Taylor's Vineyard(Dry Creek Valley)
In case there’s any confusion, this is 100% Sauvignon Blanc from Dry Creek Valley. “Musqué” means both “musky” and “Muscat-like” in French; lots of wine varieties have a “musqué” mutation and Sauvignon Blanc is no exception. In this bottling, the winery elevated the mutation to a program, because one its contract vineyards has it in abundance. So this is an unusual take on Sauvignon Blanc, one that I found highly enjoyable.
The scents wafting up from the glass include fresh-cut Granny Smith apple, lime zest, and crushed strawflower petals. You put the wine in your mouth, though, and you get a musky, melony, Muscat-like sweetness that just keeps expanding and lifting despite serious body and palate weight. Though there’s no oak in the wine, finish has a nice dark dimension - Yet somehow it still comes out as a refreshing California Sauvignon Blanc in the end. Statuesque for SB, and satisfying for all that.
Reviewed July 26, 2007 by Thom Elkjer.
Other reviewed wines from Dry Creek Vineyard
.jpg)
.jpg)
The Wine
Winery: Dry Creek Vineyard |
The Reviewer
Thom Elkjer
Thom Elkjer has been reviewing wines professionally for more than ten years. He has contributed to Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, served as Wine Editor for Wine Country Living and is Wine Editor for WineCountry.Com. He also writes for newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and Europe and judges at major international wine competitions. |