Presqu'ile 2010 Santa Barbara County Sauvignon Blanc receives 90 points from Stephen Tanzer
2010 Santa Barbara County Sauvignon Blanc featured in the November/December 2011 issue of Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar.
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Presqu'ile: "The most exciting new winery" - Vinography, May 14th, 2011
I'm wandering around the grand tasting tent at the World of Pinot Noir conference, focusing, as I often do, on a combination of wines that I know well, and those that I've never heard of. I walk up to a table with an unfamiliar label, get a little something poured into my glass, lift it up to my nose, and WHAM! It's like I've been slapped upside the head and my senses have just kicked into overdrive. All of a sudden I'm hyper-aware and focused on this delicious experience: a wine that grabs me by the lapels, shakes me...
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Vineyards:
78% Riverbench, 22% White Hills
Harvest:
September 23-27, 2010
Composition:
100% Sauvignon Blanc
Aging:
6-7 months on the lees in neutral French oak barrels and a concrete egg
Total Acidity:
6.9 g/L
Alcohol:
13.7%
The dimension in this wine stems from the extraordinary fruit and native yeast fermentation followed by aging in stainless steel, neutral French oak barrels and the concrete egg. The steel protects the purity of varietal character, the oak enhances the wine’s mouth-feel and the egg underscores the wine’s weight.