2009 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc
Estimated value
Buying options
Tasting notes
Tasting notes
Score 91/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2011
Deep straw-yellow. Ripe pineapple dominates the nose. Supple and tactile but surprisingly fresh, with strong acidity and pronounced minerality giving the wine a classically dry impression. Dense and stony sauvignon blanc. (My look at the 2010 in tank suggests an equally bracing wine that trades a bit of minerality for pungent grapefruit and floral lift.)
Critic scores
Critic scores
91
91/100
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
About the producer

Spottswoode
Spottswoode is one of those rare Napa estates whose reputation rests less on volume or spectacle than on persistent exactitude. Set on the western edge of St Helena, where the Mayacamas rise and afternoon breezes temper the valley’s warmth, the vineyard occupies a favoured pocket of the appellation.
Product details
Country / Region