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I am your host, Melanie Young, 11 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:51.479 and I hope you are planning a wonderful holiday this 12 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:56.840 twenty twenty four November. I am often asked what to 13 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.240 pair with food when it comes to wine. I am 14 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.079 a certified specialist of wine. I write about wine. I 15 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:05.879 host another show called The Connected Table with my husband 16 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:08.719 David Ransom, where we interview producers around the world and 17 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.599 talk about wine. I like to help people like you 18 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:19.280 be more confident in how you select wine to serve 19 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.519 and enjoy. There are so many options out there. There's 20 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:25.920 more wine being produced now than ever. To make this 21 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:28.599 an easy show for you I'm going to focus on 22 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:32.480 one grape varietal and one style of wine, and then 23 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:34.640 in the future I will do that with other grapes 24 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.599 and wines so that you can just save each show 25 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.200 and refer to them. I'm not going to talk about 26 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:43.480 specific brands, because there are so many. What I really 27 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:45.040 want to do is just have you have a better 28 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:48.159 understanding of what the wine is, how the styles are different, 29 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:50.840 where the wines are produced, what you should look for, 30 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.840 and how to pair with food. That's enough for this show, 31 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:58.239 I think so. So today we're going to focus on 32 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:00.640 white wine. One of the reasons is white wine's doing 33 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:03.680 fairly well in the United States. In fact, the wine 34 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.400 we're going to talk about, Salvion blanc, sales are way up. 35 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:09.039 Go figure. I have a lot of reasons for that. 36 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:12.159 Many of you are probably thinking, oh, she'll start with 37 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:14.680 shorter today. It's the most widely planted white grape in 38 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.759 the world. But I'll do another show on that. We're 39 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:19.759 going to talk about Sauvion blanc because it's on my 40 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:23.240 mind and it's readily available at most grocery stores, and 41 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.560 it prices under twenty five dollars, and many of us 42 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:27.360 are own budgets, but you can also find some really 43 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:29.960 amazing ones for more if you choose to spend them. 44 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.080 As I said, Saalvion Blanc sales happen to be surging 45 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.319 and they're very popular right now. I have some philosophy 46 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.879 on that, which I'll share with you. First of all, gosh, 47 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:44.319 when it was really hot here in New Orleans, that's 48 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:47.400 all we wanted to drink a crisp, refreshing wine. And 49 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:51.520 Salvia and Black delivers that juice, that acidity, that zip, 50 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.120 that fresh fruit, and that just does well when it's 51 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:57.719 warm ountain. Gosh, it seems like it's warm all the time. Now, 52 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:00.560 that doesn't mean it's a warm weather wine, because I 53 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:03.360 love a good Savion Blanc on a winter night as 54 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:07.639 a first coarse wine with seafood. Another reason is that 55 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:11.000 it's just such a versatile wine. Savion Blanc is versatile, 56 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:16.759 dry white wine that pairs well with shellfish, sushi, seafood salads, 57 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:20.599 and many vegetarian and tomato dishes and all those wonderful 58 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.879 tangy cheeses from cheverish to sheep. And I think we're 59 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:27.039 just all eating that way now. You know, Mexican food 60 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:30.280 is one of the most popular cuisines in America as 61 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:33.400 is Asian and Sauvignon Blanc just pairs well with it. 62 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.639 It doesn't mean other wines don't as well, Like I 63 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:40.080 just love riasling in Asian foods, and of course I 64 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.240 love a good Shennon blanc with everything. Those are topics 65 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.319 for other shows. We're going to talk about Sauvion blanc. 66 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.879 If you want a wine that is just freshing, I 67 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:53.919 hate to use that word too much, but it's the truth. 68 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.400 It delivers bold bursts of citrus, lemon, lime, grapefruit, topical 69 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.960 notes with lots of crisp acidity, that zip in your mouth, 70 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:09.439 that just makes you just it's bursting with flavor and 71 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.240 an alcohol volume about thirteen percent, so not crazy. You'll 72 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.960 like Sauvignon Bloc. The other thing is kind of interesting. 73 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.959 It's grown around the world. It's very prolific, and the 74 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.639 styles differ around the world. Now this is really really important. 75 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:26.199 The styles differ around the world, because that's what we're 76 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:28.120 going to do now, is going to take you around 77 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:34.279 the world to discover Sauvignon blocs Okay, so I did 78 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:37.120 a little sheet cheat sheet for you and that's what 79 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.879 we're going to work on here to help you better 80 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:44.240 understand sauvion blocs around the world. Okay, first of all, 81 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.160 I'm going to just talk a little bit about grape history, 82 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.199 because I'm a nerd about that. So the name sauvion 83 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:58.040 blanc comes from the French word sauvage blanc or wild white, 84 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:03.839 because the grapes grew like weeds throughout Bordeaux, and Bordeaux 85 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:08.839 is reportedly the home to saalvion blanc, although other scientists 86 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.439 say it's the Louis Valley. They both produce amazing sauvion blancs, 87 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:16.040 which we will talk about. Savion blanc is related to 88 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:19.720 Cabernet sauvignon, which is actually a red grape. It's a 89 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:24.279 spontaneous cross, which means a mating, will say, between sauvion 90 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.600 blanc and Cabernet franc. So Cabernet, excuse me, Cabernet sauvignon 91 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:33.240 is the result of a cross between Sauvignon blanc and 92 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:36.920 Cabernet franc. So just be clear on that the red 93 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.439 grape is the result of marrying the white grape and 94 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:44.079 another red grape. That's complicated. We'll move on. You may 95 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:47.399 find some savion blancs have a green bell pepper taste 96 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:50.800 to them. Yeah, they do, because there's something called methods, 97 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:53.240 the parizines or puresines as we call them, which is 98 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.240 a compound field the bell peppers that gives sauvion blanc 99 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.319 its herbaceous notes. And that's something that distinct which is 100 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:03.319 sauvion blanc. You've got that burst of grapefruit and citrus 101 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.680 in some areas stone fruits, but then you've got this 102 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.759 herbal character that's very distinct. Some don't like it, some do, 103 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.519 But like I said, and the next point is, like 104 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:20.800 many wine varietals, the components of aroma and taste of 105 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:26.360 sauvion blanc can vary depending on where the grape is grown. 106 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.560 That's really important. That's you know, known in late terms 107 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:33.120 in the wine world as terrooir. But it is so 108 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:37.720 true with sauvion blanc. Really really, you'll find so many 109 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.920 different styles, so don't write off. It's like I call 110 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:44.639 this the blind Men and the Elephant theory. You taste 111 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:47.199 one thing, like you know, when the blind men saw 112 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:49.600 the out didn't see the elephant, they felt the elephant. 113 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:51.680 If they felt the trunk, they felt an elephant was 114 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:53.519 shaped like a trunk. If they felt the foot, they 115 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.160 felt it was shape like the foot. If they fed 116 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.800 the tail, it was shaped like a tail. Because they 117 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:02.199 couldn't see the whole picture. It's that way with many 118 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.279 foods and wines, and sauvignon blanc is an example. If 119 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.759 you taste a wine from sauvignon blanc wine from New 120 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:10.639 Zealand and you go no love it, maybe you should 121 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.160 try one from Sonoma, or maybe you should try one 122 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:18.079 from Bordeaux. They're all different same grape, all different characteristics 123 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:24.560 based on where the grape is grown. Okay, so we're 124 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:27.240 going to take you. I am going to take you 125 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:31.800 slowly around the world. Bear with me, and we'll explore 126 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:36.000 the different areas where sauvignon blanc is produced and the styles. 127 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.839 All of them are available in the United States. You 128 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.360 can go to your favorite wine cellar, order online and 129 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.399 they come in different price ports and many are very affordable. 130 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:49.360 Like I said, I'm not going to name names too 131 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:51.639 much because I don't think I have the time, but 132 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:55.800 I always say ask your local wine retailer, develop a 133 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:58.680 great relationship with the local wine retailer and say this 134 00:07:58.759 --> 00:07:59.560 is what I'm looking for. 135 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:00.040 What do you want. 136 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:05.279 Recommend and explore your palette. Okay, So we're going to 137 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.360 go to France because that is where sauvion blanc originated. 138 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.519 As I said, Sauvignon blanc is one of the mother 139 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:15.399 grapes that married with Keberne Fronc to produce Cabernese avignon. 140 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.680 So it's a very important grape here. And we're going 141 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.600 to start with Bordeaux. And this is where I want 142 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:25.399 to note. Just think about location, location, location, because savion 143 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:29.160 blanc really thrives in areas that one have an oceanic 144 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:35.480 influence because of the cool oceanic breezes. Two higher elevation 145 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:40.399 mountain areas and rocky soils rocky mountains. Again, higher elevation 146 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:46.840 diurnal Diurnal means the weather shift, so sunny days, cool nights, 147 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.720 a big shift in temperature from day to night, and 148 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:54.159 cooler climates. Okay, So that's really important because that's what 149 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:58.720 creates that crispness that you love in the wine. Okay. 150 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:02.840 So Bordeaux is on the Atlantic Ocean side of France, 151 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:08.039 in the southwest of France. Here white Bordeaux is called 152 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:10.480 Bordeaux blanc, and I just think it's some of the gems. 153 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.759 It's the primary white wine from the region, and sauvignon 154 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:19.559 blanc is the dominant grape. It's often mixed with two 155 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:24.000 other wines grown in permitted to permitted, and that's important, 156 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.240 permitted to be grown in Bordeaux because you can only 157 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.559 grow certain grapes in certain areas by law, and that 158 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.159 would be semion, which is kind of a creamy grape. 159 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:35.039 It's kind of they say, waxy, and it kind of 160 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:40.759 softens the It's like the softer side to the pluingent 161 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:43.639 peakan side of sauvignon blanc, and the other is muscadel 162 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.840 which is sweeter or white grape and adds a little sweetness. 163 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.320 So often there's a blend, but you will find many 164 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:54.039 hundred percent sauvignon blancs as well throughout Bordeaux. But for 165 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:57.240 your shopping purposes, and that's really what we're talking about here, 166 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:01.879 what to look for. The appellation of Entre de Mare, 167 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:04.879 which is a region located between the two rivers that 168 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:09.840 traverse down north to south in Bordeaux and Graves pestoc 169 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:13.440 Leanon both in the southern realm of Bordeaux produce some 170 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.840 of those highly regarded Sauvion blancs and Sauvignon semion blends. 171 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:23.200 These are very pleasant, dry white wines with crispcidity. I 172 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:24.919 call a city because I'll say it a lot. Is 173 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.120 that zip on your lip when you take the sip, 174 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.519 right the zip on your lip when you take the sip. 175 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:34.919 It's just refreshing. The flavors when you sip a Bordeaux 176 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:39.320 blanc could be grapefruit, lemon, pear, white melon, maybe a 177 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.840 hint of fresh green beans and wild asparagus and that 178 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:47.360 aforementioned green pepper. Guess what These are all also crops 179 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.039 that are grown in the area. It really underscores my 180 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:56.240 philosophy that many wines have components flavor profiles that reflect 181 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.759 the crops that are grown in the area. I've seen 182 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:01.000 that with a lot of wines. I want to tasted 183 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:04.480 some wines from the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, and 184 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:11.639 there was a little uh. I forgot the name eucalyptus. 185 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.360 Thank you eucalyptus notes And it turns out they grow 186 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.960 eucalyptus for us in the same area, so that's what 187 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:22.399 you'll taste. Uh. They're wonderful wines I think actually personally 188 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:25.639 Wipeer does are some of my favorite of the Sauvignon blancs. 189 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:29.320 There you can be very full and creamy. If they're 190 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.440 age noak barrels. Often they're just age and stainless. But 191 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:36.799 when age note they get creamier because they are rest 192 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:40.240 on the dead yeast. They call that sur lee. Surly 193 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:43.440 means the rest on the dead yeast that fall off 194 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.240 as the wines age, and that creates a creaminess, also 195 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:52.840 adding a little semion to the blend as a creaminess 196 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:57.600 to the wine. Beautiful wines again pestsk lean no on 197 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:01.519 l e O g n A n and cross and 198 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:07.279 entredu mayre, which means between the two seas. You will 199 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:10.480 find a huge spectrum here. If they have a little 200 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:12.360 more muscadell, it's going to be sweeter and a little 201 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:17.159 more honeysuckle and vanilla and flavor. Beautiful wines and very affordable. 202 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.320 And that's Bordeaux. And let me tell you, one of 203 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.320 the great pleasures I had with David was sipping Bordeaux 204 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:28.120 blanc and fresh Atlantic oysters. Bordeaux City I'd like to 205 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:31.279 go back there right now, just to do that. M 206 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:37.080 I love oysters in Sauvion Blanc. Another area that I've 207 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.080 been to, and I have been to Bordeaux and I've 208 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:40.960 been to this area. I have actually did not get 209 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:43.000 to the eastern I've been all over the Loire, and 210 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.600 I think it's The Laire Valley is one of the 211 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.159 most exciting regions in France. It's in a unique region 212 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.480 because the Loire River goes literally east to west, where 213 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:55.159 most wine regions go north to south. If you look 214 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:58.960 at the map in France, the Laire Valley traverses east 215 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:02.080 to west. It starts on the Atlantic Ocean and goes 216 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:07.080 over to central Loire and it crosses through the river 217 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.039 and up through what they call the Massif Central, which 218 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:14.720 is this huge highlands of rocky It's like a rocky 219 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:19.240 promontory that traverses the Loire. It's beautiful area if you 220 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:21.919 go there. It's known for its castles, it's known for 221 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:25.840 it's the Garden of It's the garden of France and 222 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:30.159 one of my favorite places. If you like a Sauvignon 223 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:35.159 blanc that's steelier and versus tropical notes, you're going to 224 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:40.360 get this in Sncer, which is the sauvignon blanc of 225 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:45.120 the Loire, specifically the eastern Upper Loire. Its can be 226 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:47.679 called Upper Loire. They call it the Eastern Loire. It's 227 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:51.799 more to the central. It's very cold and continental. You've 228 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:58.159 got the ocean winds coming off the Ocean and down 229 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.320 from the Alps because you're in the center. So it's 230 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:04.279 a cold producing area, which is why these wines are 231 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:09.000 really terrific and why it's Sonseer territory. There are different 232 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:14.320 appellations in or AOC's in the Upper Loire, and each 233 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:19.600 has unique soils that in part to the flavor of 234 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:23.039 the wine. I'll give you some examples. The soils tend 235 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.799 to be chalky limestone because of the rockiness of the 236 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:30.840 Massif Central, which is a large rocky geographical formation through 237 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.159 central France. And then there's the river rocks and the 238 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:37.559 alluvial soils. They're very gritty from the Loire River itself. 239 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:40.080 Many great wine regions, by the way, are located in 240 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:43.320 mountains or along banks of rivers because of that reason. 241 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:50.240 Because of the soil, like Bordeaux, there's a left bank 242 00:14:50.320 --> 00:14:54.120 and a right bank of the Loire with your on 243 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.720 the left side or right side, or north side or 244 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:02.720 south side of the river. So the the son crs, 245 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:07.159 the Sauvignon blancs that are very common and all over 246 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:10.159 the place and very popular right now. Particular restaurants are 247 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:14.159 on the uh I think I call it the north 248 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.120 side of the right side of the Loire, and on 249 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:23.000 the eastern bank is Puleas fu Mae, which has flintier 250 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:28.960 soils and real granite, great granite soils, and so pula fume, 251 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.080 if who may mean smoke, refers to the fact that 252 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.360 these wines are a little more flinty, some say gun metal. 253 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:41.919 It's not gross, it's just that steely, stony character. And 254 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:45.279 if you like wines like that that have that stony, 255 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:48.200 crisp character, you're gonna love these wines. They are so 256 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:51.000 popular right now. They really go well with pry with 257 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.559 oysters because of those oyster shells. In fact, that oyster 258 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:56.720 shell taste is really what I'm talking about when I'm 259 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:01.120 saying flinty. Really it's more like an oil to shell taste. 260 00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:07.759 So again, both are cooler climate areas impacted by oceanic 261 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:14.360 and and soils of the river. Beautiful wines. Drink them fresh, 262 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:20.720 cool and not overly cold. Never drinker white wines overly cold, 263 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:25.960 but cool, chilled, well chilled and young. There are other 264 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.399 sauvignon blanc producers, particularly in the southwest France, which is 265 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.960 longa doc rusalone which I think they produce everything. They're 266 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.200 just it's a prolific, large growing area and they're great. 267 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.480 But for the purposes of this show and the time, 268 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:43.200 I'm sticking to the better known areas elsewhere, and you're 269 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:46.480 up there again. Saviyon blanc has grown all around the world, 270 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:48.360 but I'm going to just sing a little Italy where 271 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.519 I have traveled because I've tasted sauvignon blancs there. Italy 272 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.039 is really well known for its pinot grigio and Trebiano 273 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.480 and Vermontino dry white wines, but they also grow some 274 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:03.039 very good so de blanc there. It's called Salvignon, and 275 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:07.200 you'll find some really terrific ones in the mountainousness cool 276 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.680 climates in the north of Trentino alto Odigy, one of 277 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:14.640 the most beautiful wine growing areas and beautiful areas. It's 278 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.000 also ski country and apple country, so you're going to 279 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:22.359 get some apple notes in the wine and very crisp 280 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.880 and refreshing. Beautiful, beautiful area and lovely wines. Likewise, Nearby, 281 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:32.160 but less mountainous, is the area of the Veneto, a 282 00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:37.599 very large area called Friuli Venitsia Giulia. This area is 283 00:17:37.599 --> 00:17:40.920 known for white wine production and it's the biggest producer 284 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.720 of pino grigio della Vensia in the world. It also 285 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:48.079 grows very nice salvignon blanc. And you're going to get 286 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:54.000 those stone fruit characters and apple and pear because they 287 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.519 grow well, those fruits actually grow in the area as well, 288 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:01.359 very nice wines. Going to take you out of Europe. 289 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:05.559 As I said, you can find sauvignon blanc most everywhere where. 290 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:10.200 There's gonna be cool coastal areas, but and mountains. But 291 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.519 we're gonna take you to probably where sauvignon blanc has 292 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:16.279 made a huge name for itself commercially, and that's the 293 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:21.880 Southern Hemisphere. Since the nineteen seventies, well more or less, 294 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.960 New Zealand has become a raigning queen of sauvignon blanc, 295 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:31.079 just very famous. Again, think about you've got the Southern Alps, 296 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:36.720 You've got the cold oceanic breezes coming up from the sea. 297 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.279 You've got fresh air and bright sunch on, all these 298 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:48.240 great continental elements that make growing grapes ideal, and particularly 299 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.799 for sauvignon blanc, which thrives in cooler climates in sunshiny weather. 300 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.799 So sauvignon blanc accounts for sixty five percent of the 301 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:59.759 grapes grown in New Zealand. So if you go to 302 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:03.279 the and you see a lot of New Zealand salvignon blanc. 303 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:07.359 That's why it is a big export market for New Zealand. 304 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:10.319 And if you've tasted New Zealand sauvion blanc, you'll truly 305 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.440 understand why I said at the beginning of the show 306 00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:17.359 that salvion blanc adapts to where it is grown. Because 307 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:20.200 the flavor profile of a New Zealand salvion blanc is 308 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:23.559 unlike other sauvignon blancs. You either love it or you don't. 309 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:26.079 The wines do tend to be very fruit for it, 310 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:29.599 with very intense flavors. I think of Kiwi fruit because 311 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:31.960 I think of sauvignon blanc and kiwi, which is a 312 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:35.440 native fruit of New Zealand. Some say, passion fruit, peach 313 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.160 and lime. I get a lot of lime in the 314 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:41.480 Salvignon blancs in New Zealand, mixed with that green pepper 315 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:45.839 because of the pyrosines, grass and hay. Some have said 316 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.960 a little derogatory or with love, depending on how you 317 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.200 say it, pepe de chat, which is catpiss. I don't 318 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:57.119 think that. I just think it's just I see kiwi passionfruit, lime, 319 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.599 hay and grass. That's what I taste. I think of 320 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:03.720 Sauvignon blanc, and when I taste one in a blind tasting, 321 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:08.799 I can identify them immediately. Key regions to look for 322 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:15.000 on the label in terms of growing areas and avas 323 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.920 of a you know origins of growing in New Zealand 324 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:22.279 or Marlborough and Cloudy Bay, which is also the name 325 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:25.759 of a brand. They're both in the South Island of 326 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:28.079 New Zealand, because you know, Newly Zealand has the South 327 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:30.640 Island and North Island and the North Island of the 328 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.160 Southern Tip, so close to Marlborough, which is in the 329 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:38.440 northern tip of the South Island. Wire up a big producers. 330 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:42.640 You've probably seen Kim Crawford, Cloudy Bay Craigie, range Ylands, 331 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:45.799 Villa Maria, Brancott and white Haven. Okay, I mentioned some 332 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.799 brands in this one, but you can find a lot 333 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:52.079 of New Zealand sauvignon blanc. However, if you don't really 334 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:55.000 love the taste profile of sauvignon blanc, then head over 335 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:58.880 to Chile because Chili has a completely different flavor profile, 336 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.279 even though interesting. They have similar climatic conditions ocean. Chili 337 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:07.640 is a very New Zealand is a smaller country to 338 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:10.960 basically two islands in North and South Islands, surrounded by 339 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:15.799 in oceans and seas and alps and mountains. Similarly, Chili 340 00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:19.599 is every long, narrow country. I've had the pleasure of 341 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.759 going there. I call it the California of South America, 342 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:28.119 and rightfully so, because it's a bountiful agricultural area, seafood mecca, 343 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:30.880 and of course produces interesting wines. And I think of 344 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.680 California when I've been there. Similar climatic conditions. You've got 345 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:39.880 those oceanic breezes coming up from Antarctica, tall mountain ranges 346 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:43.759 from the so you know, you've got those beautiful mountain 347 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:49.519 ranges and sunny, sunny weather. So it is a big 348 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:54.799 white wine producer as well of sauvion blanc, and these 349 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:58.720 wines tend to be plentiful and affordable. That's what I'm 350 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:03.720 going to say, plenty of full and affordable. I find 351 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:10.480 them to be very different in taste. However, I get 352 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:15.759 more apple, pineapple, citrus fruit for character versus the grass 353 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:20.000 and the hay of New Zealand savion blanc and the 354 00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:23.720 flint and the hay and the stone of Sanseer. I 355 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:31.119 get a lot more sunshiny pineapple, tropical fruit notes a 356 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:33.640 big region for white wine and chili if you want 357 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:38.920 to look on the label as the Casa Blanco Valley. Argentina, likewise, 358 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:43.839 with its cool climate, mountain mountainous regions and oceanic enveloces, 359 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:46.880 also produces some beautiful savvion blancs. I haven't had as 360 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:50.160 many Argentinian savion blancs as I have Chile. I was 361 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:53.440 recently in New York tasted some very good Chilean salvion blancs. 362 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:57.960 They tend to be very affordable as well. Continuing in 363 00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:00.440 the Southern Hemisphere because I think they produce some really 364 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:04.160 great salvion blancs down there, while South Africa's main white 365 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:07.559 grape is Shennon blanc, which is just probably my most 366 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:11.519 favorite white wine grape of all and another show. It 367 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.960 also produces some terrific sauvignon blanc. Again, thanks to those 368 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:21.519 oceanic influences coming up from the Antarctic area and dry 369 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:28.119 climate and mountain rocky conditions and mountainous rocky soils, you 370 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:33.039 will find some wonderful tropical notes with wild of sparic 371 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:36.720 and green pepper, much like the sauvignon blancs of Bordeaux. 372 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:41.200 Love them as well, but will always be Shannon blanc 373 00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:43.759 will always be my first love when it comes to 374 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:51.000 South Africa. So of course, let's go to California. Because 375 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:53.039 in the United States, if you really want what I 376 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:55.680 think is the best sauvignon blanc, you would go to 377 00:23:55.920 --> 00:24:03.480 the California Pacific Coast. Again, great oceanic influence, cooling breezes, 378 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:07.359 You've got the different highlands and mountain areas to the north. 379 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.359 You've got dry climate. Even though you know California sunny, 380 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:16.039 California can get some quite hot areas inland. I think 381 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:19.440 some of the best sauvignon blanc grows on the coastal areas. 382 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:22.720 So what are we talking about. We're talking about Sonoma Coast. 383 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:29.079 We're talking the central North coast, even south and the 384 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:32.839 central coast. But there's also some very good sauvignon blanc 385 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:37.599 in Napa as well, more toward the coast. In fact, 386 00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:41.960 the late vtnor Robert Mndavi loved and was so enthusiastic 387 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:45.039 about the potential of sauvignon blanc in the United States. 388 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:48.759 He actually created something called fu may blanc because he 389 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:52.839 thought maybe easier to pronounce. I guess, and I remember 390 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:58.000 my dad serving me my first fu may blanc when 391 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.519 I was a young girl, tasting wine with him. Seller. 392 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:03.240 The styles tend to be riper and fruity, or much 393 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:07.400 like with Chile, which I call the California of South America. 394 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.079 And. 395 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:13.319 Less stony and flinty like you would get in in 396 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:18.599 in central France. So there's sauvion blancs for everyone. Whether 397 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.480 you want what I call the sunny style, the grassy style, 398 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:27.839 the herbal style, or the stony style, they're all different. 399 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:33.680 Most are aged and stainless steel, and that's why they're 400 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:36.440 very crisp and fresh. But I'm telling you there's some 401 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:40.319