Tasting Channing Daughters 2017 Sauvignon – Mudd West Vineyard

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Tasting notes for January 2021, yes finally 2021.
2017 Sauvignon, so blended Sauvignon, 82% Sauvignon Blanc, 18% Tocai Friulano.
This is barrel-fermented, wild ambient fermentation, in barrels some of which are new 32% new French oak, 35% like two year old barrels, and the rest, 28% stainless steel barrels.
So blended together, fermented wild
Really beautiful, complex Sauvignon aromas, you get tree fruit, some tropical fruit, a hint of almonds likely from the Tocai, some sort of brown spice, some lemon curd, some peach, certainly some apple, and some citrus, really beautiful, complex Sauvignon for all seasons, many, many occasions.
Great mouth feel, medium-bodied, gonna be great with creamy, white, downy rind cheeses - cow, goat, and sheep.
Great with pasta dishes, herbed pasta dishes, Local seafood, Oysters Rockefeller,
Poultry, poached, roasted poultry
Smoked bluefish, smoked salmon, Arctic char, trout,
Green sauces, cream sauces
Super versatile at the table and you know, still got a lot of Sauvignon zip, but different than that stainless, like the Mudd Vineyard that we make - this is rounder, a little broader.
Great for the wintertime too
So enjoy!
2017 Sauvignon