One of the best Sauvignon Blancs in the world, the 2023 Château Couhins Blanc is based on 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Sauvignon Gris and was aged eight months in 25% new French oak with the balance in neutral barrels and...

The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc Concrete Aged emerges from mostly older vines and sees a bit of skin contact on the press. Apricot, chamomile, dried flowers, mint and a kiss of tangerine peel are beautifully amplified in the...

The 2023 Blanc etc. takes you to the seaside with its salty sea and briny, oyster-like scent. It's pure and airy with a rich core thanks to long elevage. It's already drinking well on release, with those marine notes...

The 2023 Ornellaia Bianco is 100% Sauvignon Blanc, fermented and aged in French oak barrels (30% new) for 20 months. It slowly emerges from the glass with restrained scents of lemon curd, grapefruit, and honeysuckle...

There's a lovely perfume and floral edge here with aromas of jasmine, apple blossom, candied lime, gooseberry, honeysuckle and green melon. The palate is medium-bodied with generosity cut through by vibrant acidity and...

Very dense and compact, this giant sauvignon blanc opens very slowly. The pronounced rosemary, thyme and sage character takes it light years from any of the stereotypes for this grape. Very tightly wound, with enormous...

A hidden gem of a wine that doesn't get the recognition it deserves, the 2022 Château Couhins Blanc is 93% Sauvignon Blanc and 7% Sauvignon Gris brought up in 18% new barrels, with the balance in used oak and tank. Bright...

This is a divine and mineral-driven white with aromas of sliced lemons, white pepper, lime leaves and jalapenos. The palate is taut and focused, with a generous underlying texture and bright acidity. A well-balanced wine...

The 2024 Sauvignon Blanc Ascona Vineyard is a potent, tightly wound wine. Lemon peel, chalk, mint, slate, dried herbs and sage are all finely cut in this chiseled, nervy Sauvignon Blanc. Brisk saline top notes frame the...

I perhaps did not fully appreciate these wines in the past. They are great. The 2024 Les Leçons des Maîtres is a bright straw yellow hue and is so expressive, with medium-bodied, zesty freshness, electric salinity, lime...

Opening deep, dense, yeasty and pleasantly reductive but complex and still very young on the nose, Tement's 2021 Ried Zieregg Kår GSTK is a Sauvignon Blanc from blue marl on coralline limestone rocks. Full-bodied, dense...

The 2023 Alteni di Brassica is fabulous. Brisk and finely cut, with tons of varietal character, it races from the glass with notes of citrus peel, mint, chalk, white pepper, sage and white flowers. This vibrant, steely...

Honeyed flowers, ripe lemon, mint, and spicy wood notes all define the 2023 Sauvignon Blanc Beckstoffer Melrose Vineyard, a pure, layered, concentrated 100% Sauvignon Blanc brought up in 75% new oak. Medium to full-bodied...

Tement's 2021 Ried Zieregg Kapelle GSTK is deep, precise and elegant on the coolish and substantial nose that intermingles ripe black cassis aromas with iodine notes that represent the particular soils perfectly: heavy...