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 Vintage2005 Label 1 of 16 
TypeWhite - Sweet/Dessert
ProducerHonig (web)
VarietySauvignon Blanc
DesignationLate Harvest
Vineyardn/a
CountryUSA
RegionCalifornia
SubRegionNapa Valley
AppellationRutherford
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Drinking Windows and Values
Drinking window: Drink between 2007 and 2009 (based on 4 user opinions)
Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Honig Sauvignon Blanc Late Harvest on the Wine Market Journal.

Community Tasting History

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 12 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by rogerr on 2/1/2010 & rated 95 points: Brilliant wine right now. Amazing balance of intense fruit and acid. Mesmerizing aromatics and incredibly long finish. BRAVO! (3435 views)
 Tasted by 2IM on 11/25/2009: Loved it! (3206 views)
 Tasted by 2IM on 8/7/2009 & rated 93 points: Absolutely wonderful wine. Paired it with a large cheese platter for desert including San Joaquin Gold Cheddar (favorite). Sweet like candy with hints of honey and citrus. (3265 views)
 Tasted by Newplace31 on 1/16/2009 & rated 88 points: Honey, citrus, peach. Perfect dessert wine with apple crisp and vanilla ice cream. (3242 views)
 Tasted by EMichels on 6/20/2008 & rated 88 points: Red Carpet Tasting: Beautiful, sweet apricot/nectarine nose; Fruit cocktail syrup; Lacking acid (3895 views)
 Tasted by jctaylor on 3/15/2008 & rated 94 points: Amazing honey, citrus, peach and apricot flavors. Honig does these late harvest SBs so well! (2072 views)
 Tasted by deeppunt on 9/14/2007 & rated 93 points: At 44 brix this is a sugar bomb. Wonderful rich flavors and rich, hedonistic mouthfeel. (2296 views)
 Tasted by EMichels on 5/17/2007 & rated 89 points: Honey nose; Thick; Syrupy; Surprisingly not cloying; Not Bad; 4-13-15-7 (2118 views)
 Tasted by trankin on 7/24/2006 & rated 88 points: Cru dinner with Honig Wines (James Beard House): A very interesting wine. I'm told it's fully botryticized (is that a word?). This was outstanding with the chilled peach soup, less good with the chocolate and pistachio. Notes of pear and lemon, good acids, a touch tart, with a very nice sweetness overlaying everything. Very intriguing wine - not great but quite enjoyable. (3044 views)
 Tasted by GolferChris on 5/26/2006 & rated 90 points: Well made dessert wine that is sweet but not cloying. Kiwi, tangerine and soft asian pear with a touch of honeyed apricot. Sweet, lucious finish. (2095 views)

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USA

American wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.

California

2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson

Napa Valley

Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)

Rutherford

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