White Bordeaux-style from DeLille Cellars, Sauv Blanc and Semillon! Yay! Hand-picked, transported in refrigerated cars, whole berry into press, juice into refrigerated stainless steel (cyro-macerating); 60% of juice into new French Oak; fermentation stays on lees, mustardy nose, very seedy, but offset by crisp, clean juice and bright fruit; personally, more oak than advertised … still, interesting, if ungainly … interesting, that’s the key word …
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