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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fearless Fabulous You. I am your host, Melanie Young,
Speaker 2: and I hope you are planning a wonderful holiday this
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four November. I am often asked what to
Speaker 2: pair with food when it comes to wine. I am
Speaker 2: a certified specialist of wine. I write about wine. I
Speaker 2: host another show called The Connected Table with my husband
Speaker 2: David Ransom, where we interview producers around the world and
Speaker 2: talk about wine. I like to help people like you
Speaker 2: be more confident in how you select wine to serve
Speaker 2: and enjoy. There are so many options out there. There's
Speaker 2: more wine being produced now than ever. To make this
Speaker 2: an easy show for you I'm going to focus on
Speaker 2: one grape varietal and one style of wine, and then
Speaker 2: in the future I will do that with other grapes
Speaker 2: and wines so that you can just save each show
Speaker 2: and refer to them. I'm not going to talk about
Speaker 2: specific brands, because there are so many. What I really
Speaker 2: want to do is just have you have a better
Speaker 2: understanding of what the wine is, how the styles are different,
Speaker 2: where the wines are produced, what you should look for,
Speaker 2: and how to pair with food. That's enough for this show,
Speaker 2: I think so. So today we're going to focus on
Speaker 2: white wine. One of the reasons is white wine's doing
Speaker 2: fairly well in the United States. In fact, the wine
Speaker 2: we're going to talk about, Salvion blanc, sales are way up.
Speaker 2: Go figure. I have a lot of reasons for that.
Speaker 2: Many of you are probably thinking, oh, she'll start with
Speaker 2: shorter today. It's the most widely planted white grape in
Speaker 2: the world. But I'll do another show on that. We're
Speaker 2: going to talk about Sauvion blanc because it's on my
Speaker 2: mind and it's readily available at most grocery stores, and
Speaker 2: it prices under twenty five dollars, and many of us
Speaker 2: are own budgets, but you can also find some really
Speaker 2: amazing ones for more if you choose to spend them.
Speaker 2: As I said, Saalvion Blanc sales happen to be surging
Speaker 2: and they're very popular right now. I have some philosophy
Speaker 2: on that, which I'll share with you. First of all, gosh,
Speaker 2: when it was really hot here in New Orleans, that's
Speaker 2: all we wanted to drink a crisp, refreshing wine. And
Speaker 2: Salvia and Black delivers that juice, that acidity, that zip,
Speaker 2: that fresh fruit, and that just does well when it's
Speaker 2: warm ountain. Gosh, it seems like it's warm all the time. Now,
Speaker 2: that doesn't mean it's a warm weather wine, because I
Speaker 2: love a good Savion Blanc on a winter night as
Speaker 2: a first coarse wine with seafood. Another reason is that
Speaker 2: it's just such a versatile wine. Savion Blanc is versatile,
Speaker 2: dry white wine that pairs well with shellfish, sushi, seafood salads,
Speaker 2: and many vegetarian and tomato dishes and all those wonderful
Speaker 2: tangy cheeses from cheverish to sheep. And I think we're
Speaker 2: just all eating that way now. You know, Mexican food
Speaker 2: is one of the most popular cuisines in America as
Speaker 2: is Asian and Sauvignon Blanc just pairs well with it.
Speaker 2: It doesn't mean other wines don't as well, Like I
Speaker 2: just love riasling in Asian foods, and of course I
Speaker 2: love a good Shennon blanc with everything. Those are topics
Speaker 2: for other shows. We're going to talk about Sauvion blanc.
Speaker 2: If you want a wine that is just freshing, I
Speaker 2: hate to use that word too much, but it's the truth.
Speaker 2: It delivers bold bursts of citrus, lemon, lime, grapefruit, topical
Speaker 2: notes with lots of crisp acidity, that zip in your mouth,
Speaker 2: that just makes you just it's bursting with flavor and
Speaker 2: an alcohol volume about thirteen percent, so not crazy. You'll
Speaker 2: like Sauvignon Bloc. The other thing is kind of interesting.
Speaker 2: It's grown around the world. It's very prolific, and the
Speaker 2: styles differ around the world. Now this is really really important.
Speaker 2: The styles differ around the world, because that's what we're
Speaker 2: going to do now, is going to take you around
Speaker 2: the world to discover Sauvignon blocs Okay, so I did
Speaker 2: a little sheet cheat sheet for you and that's what
Speaker 2: we're going to work on here to help you better
Speaker 2: understand sauvion blocs around the world. Okay, first of all,
Speaker 2: I'm going to just talk a little bit about grape history,
Speaker 2: because I'm a nerd about that. So the name sauvion
Speaker 2: blanc comes from the French word sauvage blanc or wild white,
Speaker 2: because the grapes grew like weeds throughout Bordeaux, and Bordeaux
Speaker 2: is reportedly the home to saalvion blanc, although other scientists
Speaker 2: say it's the Louis Valley. They both produce amazing sauvion blancs,
Speaker 2: which we will talk about. Savion blanc is related to
Speaker 2: Cabernet sauvignon, which is actually a red grape. It's a
Speaker 2: spontaneous cross, which means a mating, will say, between sauvion
Speaker 2: blanc and Cabernet franc. So Cabernet, excuse me, Cabernet sauvignon
Speaker 2: is the result of a cross between Sauvignon blanc and
Speaker 2: Cabernet franc. So just be clear on that the red
Speaker 2: grape is the result of marrying the white grape and
Speaker 2: another red grape. That's complicated. We'll move on. You may
Speaker 2: find some savion blancs have a green bell pepper taste
Speaker 2: to them. Yeah, they do, because there's something called methods,
Speaker 2: the parizines or puresines as we call them, which is
Speaker 2: a compound field the bell peppers that gives sauvion blanc
Speaker 2: its herbaceous notes. And that's something that distinct which is
Speaker 2: sauvion blanc. You've got that burst of grapefruit and citrus
Speaker 2: in some areas stone fruits, but then you've got this
Speaker 2: herbal character that's very distinct. Some don't like it, some do,
Speaker 2: But like I said, and the next point is, like
Speaker 2: many wine varietals, the components of aroma and taste of
Speaker 2: sauvion blanc can vary depending on where the grape is grown.
Speaker 2: That's really important. That's you know, known in late terms
Speaker 2: in the wine world as terrooir. But it is so
Speaker 2: true with sauvion blanc. Really really, you'll find so many
Speaker 2: different styles, so don't write off. It's like I call
Speaker 2: this the blind Men and the Elephant theory. You taste
Speaker 2: one thing, like you know, when the blind men saw
Speaker 2: the out didn't see the elephant, they felt the elephant.
Speaker 2: If they felt the trunk, they felt an elephant was
Speaker 2: shaped like a trunk. If they felt the foot, they
Speaker 2: felt it was shape like the foot. If they fed
Speaker 2: the tail, it was shaped like a tail. Because they
Speaker 2: couldn't see the whole picture. It's that way with many
Speaker 2: foods and wines, and sauvignon blanc is an example. If
Speaker 2: you taste a wine from sauvignon blanc wine from New
Speaker 2: Zealand and you go no love it, maybe you should
Speaker 2: try one from Sonoma, or maybe you should try one
Speaker 2: from Bordeaux. They're all different same grape, all different characteristics
Speaker 2: based on where the grape is grown. Okay, so we're
Speaker 2: going to take you. I am going to take you
Speaker 2: slowly around the world. Bear with me, and we'll explore
Speaker 2: the different areas where sauvignon blanc is produced and the styles.
Speaker 2: All of them are available in the United States. You
Speaker 2: can go to your favorite wine cellar, order online and
Speaker 2: they come in different price ports and many are very affordable.
Speaker 2: Like I said, I'm not going to name names too
Speaker 2: much because I don't think I have the time, but
Speaker 2: I always say ask your local wine retailer, develop a
Speaker 2: great relationship with the local wine retailer and say this
Speaker 2: is what I'm looking for.
Speaker 1: What do you want.
Speaker 2: Recommend and explore your palette. Okay, So we're going to
Speaker 2: go to France because that is where sauvion blanc originated.
Speaker 2: As I said, Sauvignon blanc is one of the mother
Speaker 2: grapes that married with Keberne Fronc to produce Cabernese avignon.
Speaker 2: So it's a very important grape here. And we're going
Speaker 2: to start with Bordeaux. And this is where I want
Speaker 2: to note. Just think about location, location, location, because savion
Speaker 2: blanc really thrives in areas that one have an oceanic
Speaker 2: influence because of the cool oceanic breezes. Two higher elevation
Speaker 2: mountain areas and rocky soils rocky mountains. Again, higher elevation
Speaker 2: diurnal Diurnal means the weather shift, so sunny days, cool nights,
Speaker 2: a big shift in temperature from day to night, and
Speaker 2: cooler climates. Okay, So that's really important because that's what
Speaker 2: creates that crispness that you love in the wine. Okay.
Speaker 2: So Bordeaux is on the Atlantic Ocean side of France,
Speaker 2: in the southwest of France. Here white Bordeaux is called
Speaker 2: Bordeaux blanc, and I just think it's some of the gems.
Speaker 2: It's the primary white wine from the region, and sauvignon
Speaker 2: blanc is the dominant grape. It's often mixed with two
Speaker 2: other wines grown in permitted to permitted, and that's important,
Speaker 2: permitted to be grown in Bordeaux because you can only
Speaker 2: grow certain grapes in certain areas by law, and that
Speaker 2: would be semion, which is kind of a creamy grape.
Speaker 2: It's kind of they say, waxy, and it kind of
Speaker 2: softens the It's like the softer side to the pluingent
Speaker 2: peakan side of sauvignon blanc, and the other is muscadel
Speaker 2: which is sweeter or white grape and adds a little sweetness.
Speaker 2: So often there's a blend, but you will find many
Speaker 2: hundred percent sauvignon blancs as well throughout Bordeaux. But for
Speaker 2: your shopping purposes, and that's really what we're talking about here,
Speaker 2: what to look for. The appellation of Entre de Mare,
Speaker 2: which is a region located between the two rivers that
Speaker 2: traverse down north to south in Bordeaux and Graves pestoc
Speaker 2: Leanon both in the southern realm of Bordeaux produce some
Speaker 2: of those highly regarded Sauvion blancs and Sauvignon semion blends.
Speaker 2: These are very pleasant, dry white wines with crispcidity. I
Speaker 2: call a city because I'll say it a lot. Is
Speaker 2: that zip on your lip when you take the sip,
Speaker 2: right the zip on your lip when you take the sip.
Speaker 2: It's just refreshing. The flavors when you sip a Bordeaux
Speaker 2: blanc could be grapefruit, lemon, pear, white melon, maybe a
Speaker 2: hint of fresh green beans and wild asparagus and that
Speaker 2: aforementioned green pepper. Guess what These are all also crops
Speaker 2: that are grown in the area. It really underscores my
Speaker 2: philosophy that many wines have components flavor profiles that reflect
Speaker 2: the crops that are grown in the area. I've seen
Speaker 2: that with a lot of wines. I want to tasted
Speaker 2: some wines from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, and
Speaker 2: there was a little uh. I forgot the name eucalyptus.
Speaker 2: Thank you eucalyptus notes And it turns out they grow
Speaker 2: eucalyptus for us in the same area, so that's what
Speaker 2: you'll taste. Uh. They're wonderful wines I think actually personally
Speaker 2: Wipeer does are some of my favorite of the Sauvignon blancs.
Speaker 2: There you can be very full and creamy. If they're
Speaker 2: age noak barrels. Often they're just age and stainless. But
Speaker 2: when age note they get creamier because they are rest
Speaker 2: on the dead yeast. They call that sur lee. Surly
Speaker 2: means the rest on the dead yeast that fall off
Speaker 2: as the wines age, and that creates a creaminess, also
Speaker 2: adding a little semion to the blend as a creaminess
Speaker 2: to the wine. Beautiful wines again pestsk lean no on
Speaker 2: l e O g n A n and cross and
Speaker 2: entredu mayre, which means between the two seas. You will
Speaker 2: find a huge spectrum here. If they have a little
Speaker 2: more muscadell, it's going to be sweeter and a little
Speaker 2: more honeysuckle and vanilla and flavor. Beautiful wines and very affordable.
Speaker 2: And that's Bordeaux. And let me tell you, one of
Speaker 2: the great pleasures I had with David was sipping Bordeaux
Speaker 2: blanc and fresh Atlantic oysters. Bordeaux City I'd like to
Speaker 2: go back there right now, just to do that. M
Speaker 2: I love oysters in Sauvion Blanc. Another area that I've
Speaker 2: been to, and I have been to Bordeaux and I've
Speaker 2: been to this area. I have actually did not get
Speaker 2: to the eastern I've been all over the Loire, and
Speaker 2: I think it's The Laire Valley is one of the
Speaker 2: most exciting regions in France. It's in a unique region
Speaker 2: because the Loire River goes literally east to west, where
Speaker 2: most wine regions go north to south. If you look
Speaker 2: at the map in France, the Laire Valley traverses east
Speaker 2: to west. It starts on the Atlantic Ocean and goes
Speaker 2: over to central Loire and it crosses through the river
Speaker 2: and up through what they call the Massif Central, which
Speaker 2: is this huge highlands of rocky It's like a rocky
Speaker 2: promontory that traverses the Loire. It's beautiful area if you
Speaker 2: go there. It's known for its castles, it's known for
Speaker 2: it's the Garden of It's the garden of France and
Speaker 2: one of my favorite places. If you like a Sauvignon
Speaker 2: blanc that's steelier and versus tropical notes, you're going to
Speaker 2: get this in Sncer, which is the sauvignon blanc of
Speaker 2: the Loire, specifically the eastern Upper Loire. Its can be
Speaker 2: called Upper Loire. They call it the Eastern Loire. It's
Speaker 2: more to the central. It's very cold and continental. You've
Speaker 2: got the ocean winds coming off the Ocean and down
Speaker 2: from the Alps because you're in the center. So it's
Speaker 2: a cold producing area, which is why these wines are
Speaker 2: really terrific and why it's Sonseer territory. There are different
Speaker 2: appellations in or AOC's in the Upper Loire, and each
Speaker 2: has unique soils that in part to the flavor of
Speaker 2: the wine. I'll give you some examples. The soils tend
Speaker 2: to be chalky limestone because of the rockiness of the
Speaker 2: Massif Central, which is a large rocky geographical formation through
Speaker 2: central France. And then there's the river rocks and the
Speaker 2: alluvial soils. They're very gritty from the Loire River itself.
Speaker 2: Many great wine regions, by the way, are located in
Speaker 2: mountains or along banks of rivers because of that reason.
Speaker 2: Because of the soil, like Bordeaux, there's a left bank
Speaker 2: and a right bank of the Loire with your on
Speaker 2: the left side or right side, or north side or
Speaker 2: south side of the river. So the the son crs,
Speaker 2: the Sauvignon blancs that are very common and all over
Speaker 2: the place and very popular right now. Particular restaurants are
Speaker 2: on the uh I think I call it the north
Speaker 2: side of the right side of the Loire, and on
Speaker 2: the eastern bank is Puleas fu Mae, which has flintier
Speaker 2: soils and real granite, great granite soils, and so pula fume,
Speaker 2: if who may mean smoke, refers to the fact that
Speaker 2: these wines are a little more flinty, some say gun metal.
Speaker 2: It's not gross, it's just that steely, stony character. And
Speaker 2: if you like wines like that that have that stony,
Speaker 2: crisp character, you're gonna love these wines. They are so
Speaker 2: popular right now. They really go well with pry with
Speaker 2: oysters because of those oyster shells. In fact, that oyster
Speaker 2: shell taste is really what I'm talking about when I'm
Speaker 2: saying flinty. Really it's more like an oil to shell taste.
Speaker 2: So again, both are cooler climate areas impacted by oceanic
Speaker 2: and and soils of the river. Beautiful wines. Drink them fresh,
Speaker 2: cool and not overly cold. Never drinker white wines overly cold,
Speaker 2: but cool, chilled, well chilled and young. There are other
Speaker 2: sauvignon blanc producers, particularly in the southwest France, which is
Speaker 2: longa doc rusalone which I think they produce everything. They're
Speaker 2: just it's a prolific, large growing area and they're great.
Speaker 2: But for the purposes of this show and the time,
Speaker 2: I'm sticking to the better known areas elsewhere, and you're
Speaker 2: up there again. Saviyon blanc has grown all around the world,
Speaker 2: but I'm going to just sing a little Italy where
Speaker 2: I have traveled because I've tasted sauvignon blancs there. Italy
Speaker 2: is really well known for its pinot grigio and Trebiano
Speaker 2: and Vermontino dry white wines, but they also grow some
Speaker 2: very good so de blanc there. It's called Salvignon, and
Speaker 2: you'll find some really terrific ones in the mountainousness cool
Speaker 2: climates in the north of Trentino alto Odigy, one of
Speaker 2: the most beautiful wine growing areas and beautiful areas. It's
Speaker 2: also ski country and apple country, so you're going to
Speaker 2: get some apple notes in the wine and very crisp
Speaker 2: and refreshing. Beautiful, beautiful area and lovely wines. Likewise, Nearby,
Speaker 2: but less mountainous, is the area of the Veneto, a
Speaker 2: very large area called Friuli Venitsia Giulia. This area is
Speaker 2: known for white wine production and it's the biggest producer
Speaker 2: of pino grigio della Vensia in the world. It also
Speaker 2: grows very nice salvignon blanc. And you're going to get
Speaker 2: those stone fruit characters and apple and pear because they
Speaker 2: grow well, those fruits actually grow in the area as well,
Speaker 2: very nice wines. Going to take you out of Europe.
Speaker 2: As I said, you can find sauvignon blanc most everywhere where.
Speaker 2: There's gonna be cool coastal areas, but and mountains. But
Speaker 2: we're gonna take you to probably where sauvignon blanc has
Speaker 2: made a huge name for itself commercially, and that's the
Speaker 2: Southern Hemisphere. Since the nineteen seventies, well more or less,
Speaker 2: New Zealand has become a raigning queen of sauvignon blanc,
Speaker 2: just very famous. Again, think about you've got the Southern Alps,
Speaker 2: You've got the cold oceanic breezes coming up from the sea.
Speaker 2: You've got fresh air and bright sunch on, all these
Speaker 2: great continental elements that make growing grapes ideal, and particularly
Speaker 2: for sauvignon blanc, which thrives in cooler climates in sunshiny weather.
Speaker 2: So sauvignon blanc accounts for sixty five percent of the
Speaker 2: grapes grown in New Zealand. So if you go to
Speaker 2: the and you see a lot of New Zealand salvignon blanc.
Speaker 2: That's why it is a big export market for New Zealand.
Speaker 2: And if you've tasted New Zealand sauvion blanc, you'll truly
Speaker 2: understand why I said at the beginning of the show
Speaker 2: that salvion blanc adapts to where it is grown. Because
Speaker 2: the flavor profile of a New Zealand salvion blanc is
Speaker 2: unlike other sauvignon blancs. You either love it or you don't.
Speaker 2: The wines do tend to be very fruit for it,
Speaker 2: with very intense flavors. I think of Kiwi fruit because
Speaker 2: I think of sauvignon blanc and kiwi, which is a
Speaker 2: native fruit of New Zealand. Some say, passion fruit, peach
Speaker 2: and lime. I get a lot of lime in the
Speaker 2: Salvignon blancs in New Zealand, mixed with that green pepper
Speaker 2: because of the pyrosines, grass and hay. Some have said
Speaker 2: a little derogatory or with love, depending on how you
Speaker 2: say it, pepe de chat, which is catpiss. I don't
Speaker 2: think that. I just think it's just I see kiwi passionfruit, lime,
Speaker 2: hay and grass. That's what I taste. I think of
Speaker 2: Sauvignon blanc, and when I taste one in a blind tasting,
Speaker 2: I can identify them immediately. Key regions to look for
Speaker 2: on the label in terms of growing areas and avas
Speaker 2: of a you know origins of growing in New Zealand
Speaker 2: or Marlborough and Cloudy Bay, which is also the name
Speaker 2: of a brand. They're both in the South Island of
Speaker 2: New Zealand, because you know, Newly Zealand has the South
Speaker 2: Island and North Island and the North Island of the
Speaker 2: Southern Tip, so close to Marlborough, which is in the
Speaker 2: northern tip of the South Island. Wire up a big producers.
Speaker 2: You've probably seen Kim Crawford, Cloudy Bay Craigie, range Ylands,
Speaker 2: Villa Maria, Brancott and white Haven. Okay, I mentioned some
Speaker 2: brands in this one, but you can find a lot
Speaker 2: of New Zealand sauvignon blanc. However, if you don't really
Speaker 2: love the taste profile of sauvignon blanc, then head over
Speaker 2: to Chile because Chili has a completely different flavor profile,
Speaker 2: even though interesting. They have similar climatic conditions ocean. Chili
Speaker 2: is a very New Zealand is a smaller country to
Speaker 2: basically two islands in North and South Islands, surrounded by
Speaker 2: in oceans and seas and alps and mountains. Similarly, Chili
Speaker 2: is every long, narrow country. I've had the pleasure of
Speaker 2: going there. I call it the California of South America,
Speaker 2: and rightfully so, because it's a bountiful agricultural area, seafood mecca,
Speaker 2: and of course produces interesting wines. And I think of
Speaker 2: California when I've been there. Similar climatic conditions. You've got
Speaker 2: those oceanic breezes coming up from Antarctica, tall mountain ranges
Speaker 2: from the so you know, you've got those beautiful mountain
Speaker 2: ranges and sunny, sunny weather. So it is a big
Speaker 2: white wine producer as well of sauvion blanc, and these
Speaker 2: wines tend to be plentiful and affordable. That's what I'm
Speaker 2: going to say, plenty of full and affordable. I find
Speaker 2: them to be very different in taste. However, I get
Speaker 2: more apple, pineapple, citrus fruit for character versus the grass
Speaker 2: and the hay of New Zealand savion blanc and the
Speaker 2: flint and the hay and the stone of Sanseer. I
Speaker 2: get a lot more sunshiny pineapple, tropical fruit notes a
Speaker 2: big region for white wine and chili if you want
Speaker 2: to look on the label as the Casa Blanco Valley. Argentina, likewise,
Speaker 2: with its cool climate, mountain mountainous regions and oceanic enveloces,
Speaker 2: also produces some beautiful savvion blancs. I haven't had as
Speaker 2: many Argentinian savion blancs as I have Chile. I was
Speaker 2: recently in New York tasted some very good Chilean salvion blancs.
Speaker 2: They tend to be very affordable as well. Continuing in
Speaker 2: the Southern Hemisphere because I think they produce some really
Speaker 2: great salvion blancs down there, while South Africa's main white
Speaker 2: grape is Shennon blanc, which is just probably my most
Speaker 2: favorite white wine grape of all and another show. It
Speaker 2: also produces some terrific sauvignon blanc. Again, thanks to those
Speaker 2: oceanic influences coming up from the Antarctic area and dry
Speaker 2: climate and mountain rocky conditions and mountainous rocky soils, you
Speaker 2: will find some wonderful tropical notes with wild of sparic
Speaker 2: and green pepper, much like the sauvignon blancs of Bordeaux.
Speaker 2: Love them as well, but will always be Shannon blanc
Speaker 2: will always be my first love when it comes to
Speaker 2: South Africa. So of course, let's go to California. Because
Speaker 2: in the United States, if you really want what I
Speaker 2: think is the best sauvignon blanc, you would go to
Speaker 2: the California Pacific Coast. Again, great oceanic influence, cooling breezes,
Speaker 2: You've got the different highlands and mountain areas to the north.
Speaker 2: You've got dry climate. Even though you know California sunny,
Speaker 2: California can get some quite hot areas inland. I think
Speaker 2: some of the best sauvignon blanc grows on the coastal areas.
Speaker 2: So what are we talking about. We're talking about Sonoma Coast.
Speaker 2: We're talking the central North coast, even south and the
Speaker 2: central coast. But there's also some very good sauvignon blanc
Speaker 2: in Napa as well, more toward the coast. In fact,
Speaker 2: the late vtnor Robert Mndavi loved and was so enthusiastic
Speaker 2: about the potential of sauvignon blanc in the United States.
Speaker 2: He actually created something called fu may blanc because he
Speaker 2: thought maybe easier to pronounce. I guess, and I remember
Speaker 2: my dad serving me my first fu may blanc when
Speaker 2: I was a young girl, tasting wine with him. Seller.
Speaker 2: The styles tend to be riper and fruity, or much
Speaker 2: like with Chile, which I call the California of South America.
Speaker 1: And.
Speaker 2: Less stony and flinty like you would get in in
Speaker 2: in central France. So there's sauvion blancs for everyone. Whether
Speaker 2: you want what I call the sunny style, the grassy style,
Speaker 2: the herbal style, or the stony style, they're all different.
Speaker 2: Most are aged and stainless steel, and that's why they're
Speaker 2: very crisp and fresh. But I'm telling you there's some
Speaker 2: really good ones that are oak aged and aged on
Speaker 2: Lee's which creates that creamy note like I talked about
Speaker 2: when I was talking about France, and I tasted a Okay,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna name a name. I tasted a wonderful aged
Speaker 2: sauvignon blanc from a napper producer, Gamble Family Vineyards, and
Speaker 2: it's my most favorite aged oak age so bloc. Ever.
Speaker 2: I think it's like a ninety to one hundred dollars.
Speaker 2: It's called heart Block. I love this wine. It's really terrific.
Speaker 2: So if you have the chance to taste aged sauvignon
Speaker 2: blanc versus just one hundred percent stainless, do it still
Speaker 2: most you want to drink young, but I have had
Speaker 2: some age sauvign young blocs that are over a cup
Speaker 2: like the heart Block. I've tasted several vintages and aged
Speaker 2: very well in oak, so really kind of interesting and
Speaker 2: kind of exciting because the pairing opportunities are really great.
Speaker 2: I believe, like the blind men and Elephant theory that
Speaker 2: I referred to earlier, that if you taste one wine
Speaker 2: and don't like it one style of wine, go out
Speaker 2: and try one from another country or region or producer,
Speaker 2: because they're not. No two wines are going to be
Speaker 2: one hundred percent alike some areas, Yeah, you may find
Speaker 2: some very big similarities due to guidelines that you must
Speaker 2: follow by the different regions. But when I'm talking in
Speaker 2: the vast geography of the world, wines adapt to the area.
Speaker 2: The DNA and the grape may be the same, but
Speaker 2: they adapt based on where they are grown and cultivated.
Speaker 2: Much like people. We're all people, but we're all different
Speaker 2: state to state, right, Well, that's the same way with
Speaker 2: the state of grapes. Finally, how do you pair sauvignon blanc? Okay,
Speaker 2: this is such a great shellfish dish pairing. I already
Speaker 2: talked about oysters. You've got shrimp, you've got mussels, you've
Speaker 2: got clamped, raw or cooked. The acidity and sauvignon blanc,
Speaker 2: the citrus flavors that are baceous just really compliment the
Speaker 2: cylinic flavors of fresh oysters and seafood also cooked you know,
Speaker 2: grilled shrimp or seafood pasta. It is just a win win.
Speaker 2: It's also a wind wind with a lot of Asian
Speaker 2: dishes and sushi and Mexican seafood dish. I love those
Speaker 2: Mexican cocktails of seafood cocktails with the tomato juice that
Speaker 2: Clemata juice and Sauvignon blanc wines. In fact, foods that
Speaker 2: have that kind of acidity, like tomato part looks or
Speaker 2: tomatoes salad does really well with sauvion blanc. Another one,
Speaker 2: because you know I mentioned that some of the characteristics
Speaker 2: of some Salvignon blancs have a wild asparicus character. Try
Speaker 2: Salvignon blanc with white asparicus, lemon and grape food, green
Speaker 2: apple and lime brighten up the flavor of asparagus. And
Speaker 2: that's not always an easy pairing asparicus, so do try that.
Speaker 2: And you know, herbs like herbed chicken, our chicken in
Speaker 2: a white wine sauce. It's very good cooking wine as well,
Speaker 2: just having a poor glass. Put it in your chicken
Speaker 2: and have the rest in your glass to sip with
Speaker 2: the chicken or turkey, shellfish, shellfish, white wine stew really
Speaker 2: really great. Pairs well with parsley, cilantro, mint, basil, all
Speaker 2: good pairings as well. And cheeses. I love sauvion blanc
Speaker 2: and a tangy goat cheese a bree or a camera
Speaker 2: bear is really good because you've got that acid that
Speaker 2: goes compliments the cream and the fat of the cheese.
Speaker 2: So you know, if you have a lot of fat,
Speaker 2: you want to pair it with high acid, So think
Speaker 2: about that. Of course, you know, a goat cheese is
Speaker 2: rich and tangy, but it pairs very well with salmon
Speaker 2: blanc as well. So if it's a fatty dish, you
Speaker 2: pair it with a salvenon blanc to you know, fat,
Speaker 2: fat and fat and acid and crisp balance each other out.
Speaker 2: So that's another consideration. Like if you're doing a feted
Speaker 2: chini white elf, feted chini alfredo, or a chicken with
Speaker 2: white wine sauce, a chische with cheese and bacon, or
Speaker 2: crab cakes. Oh that's a good one. Crabcakes. Get a
Speaker 2: lot of crab cakes down there. I'm in louisiamas I'm
Speaker 2: thinking about what I would pair here with Sauvignon blanc.
Speaker 2: We do a lot of simple grilled fish, blackened fish,
Speaker 2: it's a good one, and a lot of those creamy
Speaker 2: rich dishes like seafood, creole shrimp, creole crawfish at touffe.
Speaker 2: Those go really well with savignon blanc, which is probably
Speaker 2: why sauvignon blanc is so popular here in New Orleans.
Speaker 2: So I think I've covered all the bases I wanted
Speaker 2: to with you and sauvignon Blanc. I think the final
Speaker 2: thing is, you know, if you're planning for the holidays,
Speaker 2: this is a good wine as a first course wine.
Speaker 2: If you're planning a party, a sauvignon blanc is a
Speaker 2: good one to have as your party wine pair as well,
Speaker 2: a lot of people like it. Some people are polarized
Speaker 2: with different styles of chardonnay. We'll get into that another topic,
Speaker 2: because I have very strong feelings about unoaks Shardinay versus
Speaker 2: and styles. But it's a really good wine for entertaining,
Speaker 2: whether it's a bridal shower, a brunch, a wedding, a
Speaker 2: dinner party where you need a first course fish wine,
Speaker 2: all that, and as also an appartie if you just
Speaker 2: want to have a glass of you know, for your
Speaker 2: cocktail party and cannabise. It's versatile, So go wild. It's
Speaker 2: sauvignon blanc is the wild white. Go wild with trying
Speaker 2: different ones. Maybe invite your friends and assign them to
Speaker 2: come over and bring a bottle and assign them a region,
Speaker 2: and everybody brings a sauvignon blanc from a different area
Speaker 2: and open up and Tryum, that's a fun thing to
Speaker 2: do for a party. Go wild with it. As I
Speaker 2: like to say anyway, Michael, is when I do these
Speaker 2: shows about wine is to make it easy to understand,
Speaker 2: simple to select, and pleasurable to pair. So I hope
Speaker 2: I achieve that with this episode. A fearless fabulous you,
Speaker 2: because I want you to be a fearless, fabulous wine sipper,
Speaker 2: a savvy sauvignon sipper, and comfortable in your skin. When
Speaker 2: you go out order wine. When you entertain for work
Speaker 2: or for pleasure, you know what you know will help
Speaker 2: you pick with confidence and select with confidence. And of
Speaker 2: course when you're planning trips, think about those regions I
Speaker 2: just mentioned and know what to order when you're going,
Speaker 2: because you will enjoy the regions visiting them as much
Speaker 2: as tasting them stayside. Anyway, I wish all of you
Speaker 2: happy holidays, happy sipping, and as always, stay fearless and
Speaker 2: fabulous in everything you do. You have the right to
Speaker 2: choose your wine, choose your food, Choose your life, Choose
Speaker 2: who you want to be with, Choose how you want
Speaker 2: to spend your holidays with or without people. Any way
Speaker 2: you want it, It's your choice. Choose fearless and fabulous always.
Speaker 2: I'm Melanie Young, and thank you for joining.
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