Dry Creek Vineyard, Sonoma County (California) Sauvignon Blanc 2021

 In 1972, David Stare made history for himself and the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County. He established the first winery in the valley since Prohibition. He also introduced Sauvignon Blanc to the valley.  It was a grape he learned to love while traveling in the Loire Valley of France.  Older hands in the area advised against it, but fortunately, he was determined. In fact, it is now the most planted white grape in the valley.  This year, he and his daughter, Kim Stare Wallace, now president of the winery, are celebrating their 50th Anniversary of growing and making wine.  The wine has a pale yellow color and ethereal aromas of grapefruit, peach and lime and a touch of lemon verbena.  It is crisp and zesty in the mouth with grapefruit, lime zest, peach mingling with wisps of floral and dusty mineral notes.  Fresh oysters insist on being served with this wine.