2015 Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc Grand Selection

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 86 points

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  2/17/2018 - PMHouser Likes this wine: 87 Points

  A little green; but, other than that, easy drinking. Good value wine.

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  8/26/2017 - Morey St. Denis wrote: 85 Points

  My comments pertain only to the Lapostolle 2015 Sauvignon Blanc "Grand Selection", none of the labels shown accompanying the listing to this date appear correct. I cannot post a picture of the correct label as this bottle was returned immediately to PLCB store for credit toward a suitably dry SB from a European producer. Correct label is pale or all light beige against a clear glass bottle and noticeably states Sauvignon Blanc - Grand Selection. Those with "CASA" appearing in bold script on the label denote merely their "house" bottling and theoretically of lesser pedigree than Alexandre's Grand Selection.
  
  Good light straw gold color indicating somewhat low-yielding, ripe fruit and good extraction. Nose of appropriate tropical fruits, apple & pear with some mild herbal overtones. Taste closely follows profile of the bouquet with substantially pleasing character, then it suddenly all goes in the toilet. Especially disappointing is the high level of noticeable residual sugar with off-putting sweetness up front that kicks it out of all consideration for enjoyment with food other than a sweet slice of pie... Tastes like it was crafted to follow a profile exploited by Kendall Jackson and all their endlessly wretched chemistry experiments in a wine bottle... Proof positive that Casa Lapostolle winemaking has artificially stopped the fermentation prior to natural dryness, sterile filtered, then likely further sulfited the heck out of it to prevent potential refermentation in the bottle during equatorial transit.
  
  Good concentrated ripe fruit character here, like better vintages of Loire valley models of Sancerre or Pouilly Fumé (without the Oak), then they go and ruin it all by attempting to blatantly pander to the Americans sweet soda-pop palate. Really a shame, could have been something really drinkable had they only refrained from modern interventionist winemaking technology. Should you enjoy high RS in your wines, tasting above 8 gr/L, you'll likely enjoy this Sauvignon Blanc.

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  4/5/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:

  A little Sauvignon Gris and Semillon, aged on lees; very pretty floral notes, peach, melon, softer, rounder, peachy, friendly and less intense acid for SB, no green notes either; good QPR and different.

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