Mauritson Sauvignon Blanc Dry Creek 2022

Alcohol: 13.9%

Grape(s): 100% Sauvignon Blanc

Localization: Sonoma, California, USA

Tasting Notes: On the nose, enticing perfumed aromas include candied lime, white hyacinth blossom and wet stone, with a beautiful underlying pulse of gala melon flesh and white pineapple. On the palate, cleansing Bergamot orange zest gives the wine focus, while a kiss of summer ripened Mirabelle plum carries the round and refreshing lift on the finish.

Notes: This vintage is sourced entirely from our Hardie Ranch. Planted more than two decades ago, it’s located in the northern part of the valley, along the banks of Dry Creek, where the soil is gravelly and deep, allowing for great water drainage and root penetration. Harvesting this vineyard multiple times allows us to create blending options by capturing different aromatic and flavor profiles, as does fermenting and aging in stainless steel and large-format wood vessels versus small-format barrels. Each decision is driven by our goal to achieve maximum depth and complexity. A return to cooler than average summer temperatures and a subsequent later harvest date also helped imbue the Sauvignon Blanc with incredible freshness and energy.

The Domain: Winemaking may have been the logical evolution in our family’s long history of farming in the Dry Creek Valley. However, it took an absence from the valley and attention to those inner voices that led our winery founder Clay Mauritson back to the same vineyards he spent planting, tending and picking as a teen. What he came to realize was that he already had a lifetime of understanding about the subtleties and strengths of each micro-climate within the Dry Creek, Rockpile and Alexander Valleys. The only thing left was to DREAM BIG!

Since 1868, the Mauritson family has been growing grapes in the Dry Creek Valley. Our great-great-great-grandfather, S.P. Hallengren, a grape growing pioneer in the Rockpile region, first planted vines in 1884, shipping every ounce of his wine back to Sweden. Our family's Rockpile homestead and ranch grew to 4,000 acres by the early 1960s when all but 700 ridgetop acres was acquired by the Army Corps of Engineers in order to develop Lake Sonoma. The vineyards featured in many of our historical family photos are now underwater. For the next 30 years, the Rockpile property would primarily be used for sheep grazing.