Luli Sauvignon Blanc 2022
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Dunnuck
Jeb -
Parker
Robert
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Fresh, vibrant, and lifted in all regards, the 2022 Luli Sauvignon Blanc packs a youthful punch from start to finish. A pale straw hue intermixes with tinges of green as this wine shimmers in the glass. Notes of lime zest, lemongrass, and juicy grapefruit are more pronounced, as wet stone and a hint of fresh herbs offer unexpected complexity. While the palate may first show the crisp acidity, citrus driven flavors soon dominate before giving way to additional layers of volume and texture earned with three months of aging on the lees in all neutral French oak barrels. This delicious Sauvignon Blanc is best enjoyed cold, young, and often.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Coming from a cooler AVA east of Soledad (in Monterey County), the 2022 Sauvignon Blanc is light gold-hued and offers beautiful peach and honeyed lemon fruit as well as medium-bodied richness on the palate. It's fruit-forward, textured, nicely balanced, and has a clean finish, all making it about as gulpable as they come.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Sauvignon Blanc, matured for four months in used French oak, is scented of white peach, tarragon, beeswax and spicy undertones. The light-bodied palate has a deep core of herb-laced peach fruit. It balances bright acidity with a touch of textural grip, and it has a long, grapefruit-laced finish.
Together, they want to make wonderful and enjoyable wines that are meant to be consumed on many occasions. The Santa Lucia Highlands is one of the best regions in California to grow Chardonnay and Pinot Noir: Two varieties that are very complex, approachable and pair well with many foods.
Capable of a vast array of styles, Sauvignon Blanc is a crisp, refreshing variety that equally reflects both terroir and varietal character. Though it can vary depending on where it is grown, a couple of commonalities always exist—namely, zesty acidity and intense aromatics. This variety is of French provenance. Somm Secret—Along with Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc is a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. That green bell pepper aroma that all three varieties share is no coincidence—it comes from a high concentration of pyrazines (herbaceous aromatic compounds) inherent to each member of the family.
The largest and perhaps most varied of California’s wine-growing regions, the Central Coast produces a good majority of the state's wine. This vast California wine district stretches from San Francisco all the way to Santa Barbara along the coast, and reaches inland nearly all the way to the Central Valley.
Encompassing an extremely diverse array of climates, soil types and wine styles, it contains many smaller sub-AVAs, including San Francisco Bay, Monterey, the Santa Cruz Mountains, Paso Robles, Edna Valley, Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley.
While the Central Coast California wine region could probably support almost any major grape varietiy, it is famous for a few Central Coast reds and whites. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel are among the major ones. The Central Coast is home to many of the state's small, artisanal wineries crafting unique, high-quality wines, as well as larger producers also making exceptional wines.