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2016 Sauvignon Blanc

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

Oak Knoll, Oakville

Napa

Color

White

Grape/Blend

86% Sauvignon Blanc, 14% Sémillon

Vintages
2023202220212020201920182017201620152014
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2018 - 2024

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I was deeply impressed with the wines I tasted this year at Accendo with proprietors Bart and Daphne Araujo. The Araujos are now sourcing fruit from some of the top sites in Napa Valley, including Vine Hill Ranch, Sleeping Lady and Oakville Ranch. Tasting the wines in separate components, as I was able to do with the 2017s, is a truly eye-opening experience. Readers should also be on the look out for wines from Accendo's sister label, Trois Noix, which is run by siblings Greg and Jaime Araujo, and is more or less the equivalent to the Altagracia range the Araujos previously made at Araujo Estate, in other words blends of the best fruit that does not go into the top bottlings.

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I was quite taken with the wines I tasted from Accendo, Bart and Daphne Araujo's new project. The Cabernet Sauvignon continues to improve, while the Sauvignon Blanc recreates a style readers will recognize from the days of Araujo Estate. With the 2017 vintage Françoise Peschon will focus only on the Sauvignon Blanc, while Nigel Kinsman, who was the winemaker at Araujo Estate when the Araujos sold to François Pinault, takes over the Cabernet Sauvignon.