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Montevina Fume Blanc 2000

May 2001

Montevina was established in 1970 - the first new, post-Prohibition winery in the Sierra foothills. Located in the Shenandoah Valley of Amador County, its first vintage was in 1973 and it quickly became the foothills' leading vintner with a reputation for robust, full-flavoured Zinfandel and Barbera. Indeed, Montevina's success inspired a revival of the historic foothill wine industry, attracting a new generation of vintners to the region's rolling, sun-baked hillsides.

In 1998, the Trinchero family, owners of Sutter Home Winery, purchased Montevina and built a state-of-the-art facility.The Fume Blanc, made

from the Sauvignon Blanc grape, is one of only two wines Montevina produces from grapes grown outside Amador County. The Sauvignon Blanc produces more distinctive wine when grown in cooler climates, especially California's central coast (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties). Montevina has preserved the fresh, zesty character of the Sauvignon Blanc by cold-fermenting and aging the juice in stainless steel tanks with no barrel aging. The wine is full of bright melon and citrus aromas and rich, zesty flavours typical of the best Central Coast Sauvignon Blancs.

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Region Central Coast, CA - 65% Monterey County, 25% Santa Barbara County, 10% San Luis Obispo.

Technical Mostly fermented in stainless steel with approximately 18% of the grapes fermented and aged in American oak barrels.

Production Bottled March 2000. Released April 2000. 6,500 cases produced.

Price (approx US) $8.49

Food match Vegetarian, Seafood, Chicken, Mildly Spiced Asian.

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