The Estate Collection is a series of limited-production wines available only at the Raymond Estate. Sourced from our finest estate vineyards and longtime vineyard partners, each wine represents our winemaking team’s commitment to crafting wines worthy of our five generation winemaking legacy in Napa Valley.
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Nose
The inaugural vintage of our Estate Collection Sauvignon Blanc opens with alluring stone fruit aromas and lifted notes of pear and pineapple.
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Palate
While displaying a crisp entry, this is a complex wine with a creamy mid-palate and refreshing flavors of honeydew melon, guava and peach.
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Winemaking
After whole cluster pressing the grapes, the juice was fermented in a combination of stainless steel tanks and stainless steel barrels with 100% native fermentation. The wine was aged for 4-6 months to provide complexity while preserving the delicate nature of the varietal.
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Location
The grapes for our Estate Collection Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc are grown in two vineyards – our estate vineyard in Jameson Canyon and a vineyard in the Oak Knoll District along Big Ranch Road. The grapes sourced from Jameson Canyon, just east of Carneros, spend afternoons in temperatures warmer than the valley floor, but the mornings and evenings are spent in fog with cool, marine breezes ultimately helping to evenly ripen the grapes. This area is ideal for producing Sauvignon Blanc with crisp, clean mineral flavors with hints of melon. The vineyard in the Oak Knoll AVA thrives in the moderate and cool temperatures for which the region is recognized.
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Soil
The alluvial soil of the vineyard is comprised of loamy top soil which gives the way to rocky subsoil.
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