As a life-long, devoted fan of sauvignon blanc, I feel like California is finally reaching it's full potential in producing wines from the variety. It has taken an evolution of appreciation of the nature of the grape variety as well as a steady maturation of the way it is treated in the winery. These days, California is producing both good value wines as well as top echelon ultra-premium versions of sauvignon blanc. This bottling from Acumen is one of the latter. It's enchantingly direct and primal, elegant and razor sharp, with grass, melon, clover, lemon and thyme aromas. Medium-bodied and mouth-filling, it sings with acidity through a very long finish. It doesn't get much better than this. This wine comes from the Attelas Vineyard planted at 1,300 ft. elevation by Jan Krupp in 1992 on volcanic gravelly loam soil. It spends 9 months in French oak barrels (presumably neutral, because it isn't overtly oaky at all. Only 117 cases produced.
(96 Points)
- Tim Teichgraeber
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