2020 Eisele Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

In wine, nothing is as unchanging as the land. Vintages offer variety, as do winemakers and owners. Mother Nature is capricious and always wants the last word. But the land is constant, its geology and composition immutable. At the heart of every great wine lies a piece of land like no other. First planted with vines in the 1880s, Eisele Vineyard is located in the northeastern Napa Valley, just east of Calistoga at the base of the Palisades Mountains. The vineyard has been grown organically since 1998 and biodynamically since 2000. The wines produced in this remarkable place have a rare combination of frank character with precisely defined flavors and fine textures, deep concentration without any sense of heaviness, and the ability to developing a deep complexity over the years. The Eisele Vineyard was originally planted in Zinfandel and Riesling in the 1880's, and has been continuously planted with vines ever since. The first Cabernet was planted in 1964. In addition to the cabernet, Eisele is now also famous for their Sauvignon Blanc. Fantastic white from Napa Valley with again great storage potential.

Sauvignon Blanc is the white wine from the Eisele Vineyard. The plots are located on the east side of the property, where the hills provide ideal protection from the midday sun, preserving the freshness and energy of this wine. The blending of two Sauvignon Blanc clones: Sauvignon Musque with its slightly exotic flavors and Sauvignon Blanc with a lean, heavy structure, produces a wine of great pleasure that speaks of the long warm summers and the dry boulder soils. From the 2013 vintage, extensive aging on the lees has added tension and aromatic complexity to this unique wine.

The 2020 Eisele Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is perhaps the finest Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc. In the beginning the wine is still a bit stale with subtle scents of white flowers, hawthorn blossom and honeysuckle in the nose, but after some rolling and oxygen it jumps out of the glass with wonderfully intense notes of white peaches, grapefruit, mandarin peel and honeysuckle with hints of paraffin wax . The Eisele Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc is medium to full-bodied, the taste is beautifully balanced with lots of mineral touches and a nice satiny texture and a very long and savory finish.

FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this fine wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking space. Click here for address