Most of the fruit for this wine comes from a spot in Dry Creek Valley that is near the Russian River Valley AVA Boundary, meaning it’s from the cool end of Dry Creek. Small portions come from Russian River Valley and Alexander Valley, so the wine carries the macro AVA marque. The fruit is picked over a span of time that allows for different ripeness levels to be part of the final blend, making for a layered wine that shows the best characteristics from each end of the ripeness spectrum. The result in this vintage is a wine that shows melon, mellow citrus, stony mineral, bright but rounded acidity and a subtle pithy note. There is a lot going on here for the price.
Quivira Vineyards, Sonoma County (California) Sauvignon Blanc 2021
By Rich Cook