WTN: NO Sauvignon Blanc, Lake County, 2006

No.

[Okay, okay. Some grapefruit and lime. Some green grass. Entry not too bad, but it just disappears. Hollow on the middle, dead on the finish. When my wife turns her nose up at SB, it's going to be mediocre. A non-starter. Glad I ordered a glass instead of a bottle.

Went with a Laroche Chablis 2004. Not the greatest Chablis ever, but not bad. Clean, crisp, minerally, tight lemon acidity. Went great with the sushi-ish menu at Shiso in Sonoma. Screwcap, too!]

So - how long had the bottle been open? Or was it freshly opened just for you?

So - how long had the bottle been open? Or was it freshly opened just for you?

I asked, Sue. Opened fresh, as we were amongst the early diners at the restaurant that night.

Nope, the fault was not in a dead bottle, it was in the general nature of this particular wine from this particular producer. Believe me, we drink enough SB regularly that we can tell when a bottle is tired or oxidized.