Metal Bender Sauvignon Blanc from Stringer Cellars

Tasting notes & discussion 18

Typically $18/bottle from Stringer Cellars
Vintage 2018 from Lake County
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About Stringer Cellars
“Wine is made in the vineyard.” That’s what Stringer Cellars believes, and as such, they’re glad to have the privilege of working with some of the finest vineyards in America. Never ones to take the easy way, they’ve embraced both the highest of modern winemaking standards and traditional techniques to make some powerful and elegant wines.

Metal Bending

TASTING NOTES:
Okay, so there aren’t really tasting notes on hand, and I, uh, haven’t gotten my hands on this. Based on the winemaking process, though, perhaps we can get a feel for what to expect? First off, “100% Musqué Clone Sauvignon Blanc.” Musqué clones are a mutation that makes the grape exhibit some more Muscat-like attributes, like being highly aromatic. Sometimes it’s enough to feel like a completely different variety.

“The hand-picked fruit was sorted, gently crushed and the juice left for an hour on its skins before pressing for texture and complexity.” Alright, so that extra bit of skin contact after being crushed means the skins had a bit of time to impart some extra oomph before everything was pressed normally.

“The juice was cold settled overnight before inoculation. The wine slowly fermented to dryness at a cool temperature for nearly six weeks.” It’s a dry white, and it wasn’t naturally fermented.

“Malolactic fermentation was blocked to retain freshness.” And having malolactic fermentation blocked means less of the creamy texture and more of the tart, probably, so expect a lower pH.

BARRELS:
5 months in stainless steel.

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