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Featured Wine Flight for July

“Blankety-Blank-Blancs” - WHITE WINE FLIGHT $40

(Wine Flight = five 1.5oz glasses of wine)

-Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blancfrom the Loire Valley and the world

 

2017 Sauv Blanc “Menetou-Salon” Domaine de Loye/ Moindrot (FR) 

run by Valentin Moindrot, who recently took over from his father Jean-Bernard, who started the Domaine in 1970 with 11 hectares planted to aromatic Sauv. Blanc

- fresh lemon juice, lime leaves and spring clover

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2018 Sauv Blanc “River Road Ranch Russian River” Trione Vyds (CA) 

3 generations, 4 decades growing, 5 ranches planted from a “family affair” winery that selects just 3% of the estate grapes to craft small lots of wine under their own label

- guava & lush donut peach of musque clone sauv blanc

2016 Sauv Blanc “LeBlanc Crystal Springs Vnyd St Helena, Napa” Salvestrin (CA)

65% stainless steel and 35% neutral oak for elegant texture

- soft and subtle buttered almond lingers after grapefruit honeydew melon & straw, after fresh ripe herbs on nose

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2017 Chenin Blanc “Bush Vines~Western Cape Stellenbosch Vnyds (So. Africa) 

no malolactic fermentation preserves zingy acidity with 9 months aging in new French oak for depth & complexity

- apricot, beeswax, honey & vanilla tango on the palate

2013 Chenin Blanc “Savennières~Effet Papillon” Chateau de la Mulonnière (FR)

the Saget family bought this winery in 2003 and farms sustainably with aggressive dedication to cultivate chenin

- rich dried quince jam, pickled pineapple & oaked pear