Pied a Terre Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc 2025 NO20230802 the citrus keeps everything bright

the citrus keeps everything bright

a masterpiece of restraint and structure

spontaneous fermentation and aging in used tonneau on fine lees until bottling in May

Distilled during the 1990s

Where the Amontillado version leans nutty and complex

Pied a Terre Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc 2025 NO20230802 the citrus keeps everything brightRichard Luftig spent a quarter century as a sommelier and wine buyer in New York before starting Pied Terre, and his Sauvignon Blanc is a direct product of that palate: cool climate Sonoma fruit, native fermentation, neutral barrels used for texture instead of oak flavor. No pyrazine bomb, no tropical fruit punch just a Sauvignon Blanc with some flesh on it. Luftig has said he'd rather skip a vintage than bottle a bad one, which tells you most of what