Harvest Notes: Sauvignon Blanc

Winemaker, Kevin Willenborg just sent this harvest action snapshot through. Victor Garibay, our Cellarmaster at Firestone, is lightly dusting the Sauvignon Blanc grapes with CO2, a dry ice that turns quickly to gas to displace oxygen during the crushing process. This helps preserve all those lovely oxygen-sensitive flavor and aroma compounds in Sauvignon Blanc that yield bright tropical fruit tones of passion fruit, guava, and grapefruit. Yum!