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White	2016 Cadaretta sbs Columbia Valley Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more	Full Pull , Paul Zitarelli Full Pull Onset of Spring (3/22/2018) Hello friends. Spring is on the ascendancy. Nettles are turning up on menus now. Soon raabs and asparagus. Fresh halibut can’t be far behind. Thoughts turn to white wines, don’t they? I especially love Sauvignon Blanc this time of year. Its grassy green pyrazine edge pairs perfectly with all the first fresh greens of the season. The varietal Sauvignon Blanc game in Washington is, admittedly, kind of weaksauce. However, one category where Washington does great is with white Bordeaux, which take Sauvignon Blanc and blends it with Semillon. I wish we saw more of these blends, because the quality is excellent. There’s a trio of bottlings that have proven consistently outstanding over the years: Buty has their outstanding Sem-Sauv-Musc blend, which tends to favor Semillon. And I know many of us adore Chaleur Estate Blanc from DeLille. That one tends towards a 70/30 Sauv/Sem blend, and it has proven to be both delicious in its youth and also able to age effortlessly for a decade or more. That said, it also retails for about forty bucks. The wine we’re offering today – the third in the trio of excellent Washington white BDX blends – also favors Sauvignon Blanc, but it comes in at a considerably lower tag:See key for # of bottles currently available.