2021 La Gran Flor Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc- 92 pts
The 2021 La Gran Flor, is impossible to ignore, with a burst of grapefruit and sweet sage giving way to candied lime. It’s silky-smooth, nearly glycerol in feel, with juicy acidity driving its ripe orchard fruits and sweet air of confectionary spice. It finishes with medium length and a bitter twang, leaving the palate completely refreshed as hints of ripe peach linger. What a beauty. - Vinous
The 2021 La Gran Flor, is impossible to ignore, with a burst of grapefruit and sweet sage giving way to candied lime. It’s silky-smooth, nearly glycerol in feel, with juicy acidity driving its ripe orchard fruits and sweet air of confectionary spice. It finishes with medium length and a bitter twang, leaving the palate completely refreshed as hints of ripe peach linger. What a beauty. - Vinous
The 2021 La Gran Flor, is impossible to ignore, with a burst of grapefruit and sweet sage giving way to candied lime. It’s silky-smooth, nearly glycerol in feel, with juicy acidity driving its ripe orchard fruits and sweet air of confectionary spice. It finishes with medium length and a bitter twang, leaving the palate completely refreshed as hints of ripe peach linger. What a beauty. - Vinous
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Blend: Sauvignon Blanc
Aging:
AVA: Columbia Valley
Alcohol: 13.9%
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The 2021 La Gran Flor Blanc is the first vintage with fruit coming from the famous Boushey vineyard in the Yakima Valley. Our first interaction with fruit from Dick and Luanne Boushey’s Tauro block was in 2016 working for a client and we fell in love at first sip. They were gracious enough to allow us to buy fruit from this same block in 2021 after we left our original source for La Gran Flor Blanc that we had been using since 2012. The wine was fermented exclusively in 100% new French oak LUMEN barrels that are proprietary to our owner and winemaker.
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In 2021 we saw an early bud break due to a dry winter and warm start to spring. We had cold nights early in the season that threatened frost damage across the Columbia Valley but warm to hot early season growing conditions led to a smaller crop than usual. There was tremendous heat in late June with temperatures peaking in the range of 110-118 degrees Fahrenheit and continuing for nearly 3 weeks. Yields were low and in the case of Sauvignon Blanc quality was high due to a beneficial cooling later in August and into the early fall. Color overall on reds was significantly less than the previous decade but Washington typically has an abundance of anthocyanin so wines will still be well colored but less so than previous and post vintages.
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