Sauvignon Blanc on a personal preference level for white wine sits at the bottom of the pile. It has a certain intensity that has me skittering away from it. While I can discern a good and bland Sauvignon Blanc even the good ones I’ll restrict to professional and not personal consumption.
Entre-Deux-Mers will have Sauvignon Blanc in it but it will be blended often with Sémillon and Muscadelle. The blending obfuscates the Sauvignon Blanc or tones it down if you prefer making Sauvignon Blanc a delight. By a rough analogy I am not fan of Ontario Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon but blend it with Ontario Cabernet Franc and you may end up with an excellent “Meritage”.
Stopping the yakking we move to sampling of a Château Haut-Garriga 2022 Entre-Deux-Mers. A blend of 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Sémillon and 10% Muscadelle.
Aroma: While the Sauvignon Blanc is identifiable it is tempered by the Semillon and Muscadelle nuancing it with honey, apricot, melon and marzipan.
Palate: Hardly bursting with flavour it is easy on the palate with what shall we call it initially a non descript character but give it some time it rather comes into its own with pear, peach fenced in with perfect acidity. A sort of watered down Sauvignon Blanc. Did you have an English teacher that admonished you for using the word “nice” I will incur the wrath of that departed well intentioned soul by saying this wine is nice! Not a wine with a hot and heavy finish but rather a gentle longish finish.
Personality: I am light footed and may not make any bold statement. I am easy drinking particularly in hot weather.
Food match: White fleshed ocean and lake fish. Roast chicken with 100 pieces of garlic.
Cellarbility: Consume by 2024-year end.
Price: $15.95 CDN (Ontario).
RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 90/100.
(Château Haut-Garriga 2022 Entre-Deux-Mers, AC Entre-Deux-Mers, C. Barreau et Fils, Gironde, France, 750 mL, 12.5%).
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