2017 Efeste Sauvignon Blanc Feral Evergreen Vineyard

• By Stephen Tanzer
  Focus on Washington: The New Normal (Nov 2018), 11/1/2018, (See more on Vinous...)

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Full Pull

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull White Pink Red, 7/25/2018

  (Efeste Feral Sauvignon Blanc) Hello friends. We have a trio of wines from Efeste today showcasing the broad strength of the portfolio across white, pink, and red wines. Each of these is a single-vineyard wine; each punches well above its tariff:Year in and year out, one of the best Sauvignon Blancs made in Washington; hell, one of the best white wines made in Washington period. And no surprise, it comes from one of Washington’s best white-wine vineyards: Evergreen in Ancient Lakes, where the caliche soil yields white wines with wonderful, insistent chalky minerality. That’s certainly the case here, where those mineral tones mix with lemon-curd fruit and light grassy notes, all on a mid-weight (13% listed alc) frame. There’s terrific mid-palate fruit impact here, and it’s cut through with Evergreen’s signature acid spine. The finish is seriously mouthwatering, demanding another sip or perhaps another bite of goat cheese salad.

• By Paul Zitarelli
  Full Pull White Pink Red, 7/18/2018

  (Efeste Feral Sauvignon Blanc) Hello friends. We have a trio of wines from Efeste today showcasing the broad strength of the portfolio across white, pink, and red wines. Each of these is a single-vineyard wine; each punches well above its tariff:Year in and year out, one of the best Sauvignon Blancs made in Washington; hell, one of the best white wines made in Washington period. And no surprise, it comes from one of Washington’s best white-wine vineyards: Evergreen in Ancient Lakes, where the caliche soil yields white wines with wonderful, insistent chalky minerality. That’s certainly the case here, where those mineral tones mix with lemon-curd fruit and light grassy notes, all on a mid-weight (13% listed alc) frame. There’s terrific mid-palate fruit impact here, and it’s cut through with Evergreen’s signature acid spine. The finish is seriously mouthwatering, demanding another sip or perhaps another bite of goat cheese salad.