2017 Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (38) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  9/3/2023 - Labrador Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Another lovely bottle of SB from Spottswoode

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  8/25/2023 - cchoukal wrote:

  Oxidized and a touch flat, but still interesting.

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  12/18/2022 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points

  17x Spottswoode (2x SB, 5x Lyndenhurst, 10x Estate Cab): Two Spottswoode Sauvignon Blancs side-by-side. While these are not the most complex Napa SBs, but they show quite light, airy and well-defined. The 2017 (92 pts) won by a hair thanks to more freshness and the stronger intriguing spearmint aroma vs a fruiter, creamier 2018 (91 pts). All in all, these are good for any summer evening but without the exceptionalism of the best Napa SBs – the benchmark here is Dana’s Sauvignon Blanc from the Hershey Vineyard.
  
  TN: Intense, expressive bouquet displaying a strong typical spearmint note, crushed rocks, some herbs, some citrus notes. On the palate this is bright and very fresh with an impressive attack trough mid palate weight with spearmint, rocks, green apple notes. Nothing tropical. Very pleasant acidity, high but well integrated. Disappears quickly after the mid palate.
  
  Decanting: Not decanted, no decanting needed.

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  12/8/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 92 Points

  Spottswoode tasting (Widder (Meilen ZH)): Spottswoode tasting with proprietor Beth Novak-Milliken with 10 vintages Spottswoode, 5 vintages Lyndenhurst, 2 vintages Sauvignon Blanc. All bottles were opened at 15.00 and briefly decanted for the event which started at 19.00. Main observations were: i/ The flagship Spottswoode was typically light and elegant for a Napa Cab with 2013 being the wine-of-the-night (closely followed by 2014, 2019 and 2020, ii/ the Lyndenhurst tends to be rather extracted and lacking mid-palate presence, although the 2019 broke this rule and was towering over the rest. Brief history, snippets from Beth and complete list of wines included in the tasting story.
  
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  Intense goose berry fruit, mineral layer of steel, some smoke and herbaceous complexity. Great intensity and precision. Fresh and crisp acidity with a fine layer of herbal notes adds freshness. Beth noted that this was a very hot vintage and grapes were picked in August.

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  10/7/2022 - Labrador wrote: 91 Points

  Another beauty from Spottswoode and consistent with previous experiences with this vintage - a vintage that is still getting better.

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