BordeauxSauvignon Blanc is a crisp, aromatic white grape known for its zingy acidity and vivid, unmistakable aromas — think fresh-cut grass, gooseberry, and grapefruit in cooler regions, riper passion fruit and tropical notes in warmer ones. It's almost always made bone dry and unoaked, which lets those punchy aromatics shine through. It's also a key blending partner in the sweet dessert wines of Sauternes.
Also known as Blanc Fumé, Fumé Blanc, Muskat-Silvaner, Sauvignon jaune.
Primary flavors
Elderflower Gooseberry Grapefruit Grass Passion fruit
Styles
Crisp white Dessert
Lineage
Cabernet Sauvignon is a crossing of Sauvignon Blanc.
Grown in
Bordeaux
California
Casablanca Valley
Graves
Loire Valley
Margaret River
Marlborough
New Zealand
Pessac-Léognan
Pouilly-Fumé
Sancerre
Sonoma County, California
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bolgheri
Bulgarian wine
Burgundy
Central Coast
Chile
Columbia Valley
Coonawarra, South Australia
Finger Lakes
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
India
Israeli wine
Jumilla
Languedoc-Roussillon
Maipo Valley
McLaren Vale
Moldovan wine
Napa Valley
New York
Oregon
Paso Robles
Penedès
Pfalz
Piedmont
Rheingau
Rioja
Santa Barbara County
Sauternes
Slovenian wine
South Africa
Texas
Tuscany
Uruguayan wine
Villány
Virginia
Washington
Willamette Valley
Provence
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