Brander Cuvee Nicolas 2014

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Brander Cuvee Nicolas 2014 Front Label
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2014

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750ML

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Winemaker Notes

In 2014, the winery was presented with gorgeous Sauvignon Blanc fruit, as well as their Semillon, both of which are grown on the Brander estate. For this year's Cuvee Nicolas, they blended these two varieties together, then rested a portion of it in French oak, resulting in a wine loaded with character and complexity. A fascinating nose of tropical fruit, citrus zest, and honeysuckle flows into a wild palate of white peach, bee’s wax, and key lime.

Blend: 82% Sauvignon Blanc, 18% Semillon

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  • 92
    Can a wine be both beautiful and serious? Of course, and the 2014 Brander Cuvée Nicolas is such a wine. This wine shows alluring aromas of ripe core fruit and sweet fruit—a note of hazelnut adds to the wine's complexity. On the palate, there are lush textures and a creaminess that tie it all together. This would be excellent with mildly spiced Tex-Mex cuisine. Drinks well now. (Tasted: July 12, 2016, San Francisco, CA)

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The Brander Vineyard, California
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The planting of the Brander Vineyard to mainly Bordeaux varietals began in 1975. In 1977, the first harvest of Sauvignon Blanc grapes were taken to a neighboring winery where Fred Brander produced a wine so distinctive it captured Santa Barbara County's first gold medal for a wine at a major wine competition (1978 Los Angeles County Fair).Since its inception, the Brander vineyard has been highly acclaimed as a top Sauvignon Blanc producer, and for many years the only Brander wine was an estate-bottled Sauvignon Blanc. Today, the winery produces an average of 8,000 cases of wine from its 43 acres of vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley. The focus on production is Sauvignon Blanc, with one main bottling and three distinctively different reserve bottlings of that variety. A small quantity of red wines is also produced with Merlot and our Bordeaux-blend called Bouchet being the most popular.
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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.

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Today it is an integral part of the greater Santa Barbara County wine region, but at one time the village, Los Olivos, was a stop on the Wells Fargo stagecoach line.

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