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SAUVIGNON
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June 21, 1999
• Bailey-Cannon Wine Merchants
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All wines were
excellent and, except for the Peter Michael,
stylistically similar. The discussion was nearly free of
negative comments about any wine. Although this was our
smallest session in terms of number of wines and number
of panelists, all agreed it was one of the best overall
selections of wines we've assembled.
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Brand
Vintage,
Varietal or Type
Appellation
-$ price
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Consensus Tasting
Notes
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#Rank
Buying
Advice
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Babcock
1998
Sauvignon Blanc
Santa Barbara "Eleven Oaks"
- $22.00
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Clear, light
greenish; pleasant herbal, grapefruit aroma with a
hint of mint and apricot; similar flavors; quite
tart; light-body; very long, very tart
finish.
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#1
Very
Highly
Recommended
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St.
Supery
1998 Sauvignon
Blanc
Napa Valley - $9.50
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Clear, pale
yellow; attractive, sweet, melon, lime and citrus
aromas; citrus and prominent mineral flavors with a
hint of grass; light-body, with a juicy, quite
mouthwatering quality; long, pleasant
finish.
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#2
Very
Highly
Recommended
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Isabel
1998 Sauvignon
Blanc
Marlborough New Zealand -
$16.
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Clear, bright,
light yellow; pleasant, intense, grassy, faintly
acrid, grapefruit aroma; medium body,
mouth-filling; tart, grapefruit with mineral
flavors; med-long, tart finish.
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#3
Highly
Recommended
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Mason
1998 Sauvignon
Blanc
Napa Valley - $12.
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Clear, very pale
yellow; sweet, lemon-lime, citric and grassy
aromas; pleasant, grapefruit rind flavor; light to
med-body; slightly tart, long finish.
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#4
Highly
Recommended
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Sanford
1997 Sauvignon
Blanc
Central Coast - $12.
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Clear, straw
yellow; pleasant, sweet alfalfa, grass and
pineapple aromas with a hint of spice; lemon, melon
and honey flavors; big, rich, med-body; very long
finish.
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#5
Highly
Recommended
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Peter
Michael
1996
"L'Apres-Midi"
Napa Valley -
$30.
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Clear, bright,
light yellow; pleasant, lemony, melony aroma with
some barrel-fermentation character; med-body; oaky,
tart, grapefruity flavors; crisp, tart finish.
(stylistically different from other
wines).
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#6
Recommended
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This
panel
included Deanna, Glenn, Marlene, Jim and
Greg.
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