2024 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc

Wine.com, Wilfred Wong

Recently, I attended a tasting of Stags Leap District wines in the AVA, and just like my many visits to Pessac-Léognan in Bordeaux, I came for the Cabernets but I stayed for the Sauvignon Blancs. As with my introduction to Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon with the release of the winery’s inaugural 1982 release, time has brought me to love their SBs as well as their outstanding Cabs. The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc is a show-stopper. This wine exudes aromas and flavors of piquant citrus, attractive herbs, dried olives, and fragrant spices. Match this wine with raw oysters with ponzu sauce, yuzu juice, finely chopped scallions, and a dab of grated daikon or chili. 95 points (May 3, 2025)

Wine Review Online, Rich Cook

No surprise here, but this is a stellar Sauvignon Blanc that carries its maker’s mark while also showing the vintage. This means you get a more subtle Sauvignon than some past vintages, with melon, mixed citrus, grass and wet stone character on the nose and in the mouth, and a finish that shows finessed subtlety followed by a blast of grapefruit and citrus zest, leaving a nice herbal impression. Always complex, always beautiful. 95 points (August 7, 2025)

Tasting Panel, Meridith May

The combination of ferments for this complex white includes French oak, stainless steel barrels, clay amphora, and concrete and ceramic cuves. With selections of Sauvignon Musqué and Tofanelli Semillon, the aromas of pineapple, wet stone, and grapefruit zest are heady and persistent. Stark notes of white grapefruit revel within a grasp of tightwire acidity. Mediterranean herbs and ripe peach weave through rock and white flowers. Lemon verbena settles on the palate, a soothing finish after a lightning strike of vibrancy. 95 points (July 2025)

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