Kuyam 2008 Sauvignon Blanc from Core Winery

This sauvignon blanc from our new #2 winery, Core, in Santa Ynez is from their Kuyam line up. The owner was nice enough to uncork a bottle for us to taste even though it wasn't on the menu of the day. D and I love us some SB and we weren't disappointed after the tipple so we bought a bottle to add to our already overflowing car on our Santa Ynez jaunt.

We opened this one up about a week later and were just as happy as when we bought it. There wasn't as much of that tingling acid feel present in so may of the SB's out there but D was extremely happy with the smell. Cat Pee! I mean, who doesn't find cat pee appetizing? It is such a great aperitif to a good meal. Kidding aside the vegetal, ammonia(ish), smell is something we both love, although it had to grow on me.

Made in stainless steel and neutral wood with 18% orange muscat, this wine expresses that citrus, grapefruit flavor with a bit of orange. The cool thing about this wine, at least, to me was that it sort of ended up being two wines in one. The first night it was very obvious SB but the second night the color had changed to a deeper gold and it now tasted like a chardonnay. D and I have not been huge fans of chardonnay of late but I really liked the flavor of this Sauvignardonnay as I am dubbing it.

This is another winner from a great find of a winery, Core.