Picked this up for 17$ the last time I was at K&L. I actually tasted this wine there, thought it was pretty good, and picked up a bottle. It basically comes off similar to a Sancerre, but a little riper. This particular wine has a lot of melon and mineral notes, citrus characteristics, and a touch of the grassy, herby aromas that Sauvignon Blanc is so well known for. It doesn't seem to be as stony or as angular as most of the Sancerre that I've had; it comes off as significantly rounder to me. Overall, fairly tasty, and a good compliment to a crab salad with paprika vinaigrette as well as sauteed green beans with caramelized red onions. I tend to be a fan of extremes though...and that means I might just prefer something as aggressively angular as Sancerre, or on the flip side, as pungent as a Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc, instead of this wine. This is lost in some sort of middle ground for me. It's certainly a good wine, however, I'm not enthused enough about it at the price to go and get more of it. C+/B-
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