Oberon Sauvignon Blanc 2018
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With each vintage, they want Oberon Sauvignon Blanc to show bright natural acidity and fresh flavors. They also want an underlying richness and complexity that balances the wine and adds fullness and length.
Blend: 75.6% Sauvignon Blanc, 24.4% Sauvignon Musque
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2018 Sauvignon Blanc (with 16.3% Sauvignon Musqué) bursts from the glass with bold lime cordial, fresh grapefruit and white peach scents plus hints of chalk dust, bay leaves and struck match. Light to medium-bodied, the palate has lovely restraint with loads of chalky nuances contributing to the citrus and stone fruit flavors, finishing on a white pepper note.
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Winemaker Tony Coltrin was born in St. Helena and is a lifelong Napa Valley resident. Having grown up in Napa Valley and worked in the wine industry for over 45 years, Coltrin knows every corner of the valley and precisely which sub-zones excel at producing Bordeaux grapes of exceptional character.
Tony’s life-long relationships with grape growers throughout the Napa Valley are the key to Oberon’s quality. He is able to draw on those friendships to reliably obtain top quality fruit at a fair price year after year. For Oberon, Tony selects Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay grapes from Napa’s best winegrowing regions, including Rutherford, Oakville, Oak Knoll, Yountville, Chiles Valley and Capell Valley.
By layering together structured hillside fruit, plush fruit from the alluvial valley floor and fruit sourced from diverse soils within the valley, Tony crafts quintessential Napa Valley wines: complex, flavorful wines with ample natural acidity. Oberon Cabernet Sauvignon is a classic Napa Cabernet with deep, rich color and concentrated blackberry and cassis flavors. The Merlot shows textbook plum and black currant flavors and silky texture. The Sauvignon Blanc is partially fermented in barrel, adding body and texture to the vibrant green apple, kiwi, pear and melon fruit flavors. The Carneros Chardonnay is an expressive, approachable, fruit-forward wine with notes of caramelized white pear, fresh Fuji and Golden Delicious apple, and torched crème brûlée.