Oak Knoll District · Napa Valley
Sauvignon Blanc
The first Oak Knoll Sauvignon Blanc in the archive: full-flavored, crisp, passionfruit-led, and given one year in stainless steel before bottling.
Wine highlights
01 / Progress
The wine,
step by step.
- SourceNapa
Oak Knoll fruit enters the program
The Sauvignon Blanc was sourced from the Oak Knoll District in Napa Valley, beginning a vineyard relationship repeated in later vintages.
- Cellar12 months
Stainless through bottling
The wine finished in stainless steel for a full year before bottling.
02 / Tasting record · Cellar record
“Passionfruit freshness with a smooth finish.”
The original note describes a full-flavored, crisp wine with a fruit-forward Mediterranean character and a finish that invites another glass.
Wine profile
- Style
- Crisp and refreshing
- Fruit
- Passionfruit · Mediterranean fruit
- Finish
- Smooth
03 / Notes
What stays
in the record.
The Oak Knoll line begins
This 2021 bottling is the first Oak Knoll Sauvignon Blanc recorded in the journal, establishing a fruit source that later became central to the GAEA white-wine program.