2023 Calluna Vineyards Estate Blanc [JG93] - Best of Class Winner

Producer: Calluna Vineyards 
Region: Chalk Hill, Sonoma County, California 
Blend: 80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon
Year: 2023 

Best of Class, 97 Points - 2025 Press Democrat North Coast Wine Challenge 

"Floral nose , lemon lime and guava, A hint of toasty oak. Big creamy pear, fig. Complex." 

John Gilman, 93 Points 

"The Calluna Vineyards white wine seems to me to get better and better with each passing vintage. The new 2023 release is composed from a grape variety of eighty percent sauvignon blanc and twenty percent Sémillon, with both varieties barrel-fermented and then blended for their levage. The wine comes in at 12.8 percent octane in this vintage and offers up a vibrant bouquet of fresh lime, gooseberry, gentle grassy notes, citrus peel, a lovely base of soil and a whisper of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is zesty, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely chassis of acidity, excellent balance and cut and a long, poised and beautifully balanced finish." 

Winemaker Notes: 

"Calluna's Estate Blanc comes from our 2.5 acre block of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon planted on the northeast slope of the vineyard in 2013. This is a wine of bright acidity, moderate alcohol, and great depth of flavor. These varietals complement each other as the rounder and honey-like tones of the Semillon are a counterpoint to the citrus, mineral and sharper tones of the Sauvignon Blanc. The barrel fermentation (mostly neutral French oak, about 10% new oak) and barrel aging further harmonize the wine, giving us a graceful wine, which belongs at the table and will potentially age for many years." 

Alcohol: 12.8% 

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