2008 Strut Well-Heeled White, Okanagan, British Columbia

Lots of tropical fruit and citrus on both the nose and the palate with this entry-level white wine. For the price, it will serve perfectly as that Tuesday-after-work patio wine. And, when someone wants to add ice cubes in the glass or mix it with soda, you won’t flip out. Read Kathleen’s full review on her blog Between the Vines

1997 Château Coutet Sauternes-Barsac, Premier Cru Classé

Light aromas with Coutet’s typical pineapple predominating, then opening in this big, mature wine. Balance overlays sweetness. It holds its own with cake and enhances blue cheese.

2001 Château Coutet Sauternes-Barsac, Premier Cru Classé

Light at first, opening to a rich fruitiness, with the fruit peel botrytis underneath plums and honey, in a nice finish, too.

2003 Château Coutet Sauternes-Barsac, Premier Cru Classé

“Powerful” was the description I was given, and it’s true. Tangerine nose, with a bit of apricot, too. Thick, honeyed mouthfeel. More apricot and tangerine peel in the finish. Perfect botrytis occurred this vintage. Great with lobster + butter.

2002 Château Coutet Sauternes-Barsac, Premier Cru Classé

Straw-gold color. Honey-strawberry aromas over deeper tangerine peel flavor. Tangerine-peach exhale with a touch of pineapple compote. As it opens in the glass, a nice, lemony tang appears. Not a fruit salad, but a wine you could drink with a fruit tart.

2005 Château Coutet Sauternes-Barsac, Premier Cru Classé

Opens with light floral underlain by apricot. Fresh, light fruit flavors of apricot, peach, with pineapple and tangerine peel in the long finish. Beautifully balanced. Light-medium body. Still young.

2007 Matthiasson’s Napa Valley White

It made my palate do a double-take head-fake. It’s a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, and Semillon. Yes, Ribolla gialla (even though I’m a Wine Century Club member, I still needed to look that one up). It’s a funky wine, in that it’s tropical, racy, and spicy all at once – I told Steve that it reminded me of the interesting white blends that were coming out of Australia a few years back, before they started sending us in the States boatloads of their plonk.” For more detail see The 1WineDude Top 10 Most Interesting Wines of 2009 and ‘Burgh Wine, By Way of Napa (An Encounter with Matthiasson’s Current Releases).

2007 Star Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

A delicious, refreshing Sauvignon Blanc in the Sancerre style, clean grassiness, green melon and white grapefruit, bright acid backbone and a lingering finish. There are no New Zealand cats or gooseberry bushes to be found in this Santa Ynez jewel. Drink it with mild fish or just a hot summer day.
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2008 Casa Silva Sauvignon Blanc Reserva

The favorite Sauvignon Blanc from the first Palate Press Grand Tasting, this was described as “good sauv blanc with grapefruit, grassiness, good but not overwhelming acid and a nice finish,” and “not overdone, with nice chalkiness on palate.” This is a well-balanced bottle of wine. Pair it with a dinner salad with greens and chicken.
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Palate Press’ First Grand Tasting

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