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Yatir Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Bottles/Case: 6 Mevushal: No Alc/Vol: 13% Size: 750 ml Region: Israel Type: Dry Color: White Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc Supervision: OU General Information
Produced from grapes grown at Ramat Arad vineyard. Following a long
cold fermentation, the wine was aged 3 months in French oak barrels
(50% new). Only 1200 cases were vinted. |
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Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
History The Sauvignon blanc grape traces its origins to western France in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux Regions. At some point in the 18th century, the vine paired with Cabernet Franc to parent the Cabernet Sauvignon vine in Bordeaux. In the 19th century, plantings in Bordeaux were often interspersed with Sauvignon vert (In Chile, known as Sauvignonasse) as well as the Sauvignon blanc pink mutation Sauvignon gris. Prior to the phylloxera epidemic, the insect plague which devastated French vineyards in the 19th century, these interspersed cuttings were transported to Chile where the field blends are still common today. Despite the similarity in names, Sauvignon blanc has no known relation to the Sauvignon Rosé mutation found in the Loire Valley of France. The first cuttings of Sauvignon blanc were brought to California by Charles Wetmore, founder of Cresta Blanca winery, in the 1880s. These cuttings came from the Sauternes vineyards of Château d'Yquem. The plantings produced well in Livermore Valley. Eventually, the wine acquired the alias of "Fumé Blanc" in California by promotion of Robert Mondavi in 1968. The grape was first introduced to New Zealand in the 1970s as an experimental planting to blended with Müller-Thurgau. |