It’s All About the Limestone! The great Sauvignon Blanc vineyards of the Loire Valley lie on white rock, so Stolpman decided to plant an experimental 2 acre block on their Limestone outcropping back in 1999. After selling the grapes to other winemakers for a few years, Stolpman bottled its first Sauvignon Blanc from the 2008 vintage. Stolpman fell in love with the wine and have since grafted and own-rooted 8 more acres. After a few years of selling out before summer, Stolpman augmented their Estate fruit with a few of Ruben Solorzano’s other vineyards.
A powerhouse of pretty botanicals ascends the trunk of the passion fruit tree where the fruit shines. The aromatic array ranges all the way from tropical perfume to savory, mineral, woody depth. The complexity of a fully mature, noble white wine, yet at the time of writing, the 2025 Sauvignon Blanc has been in barrel 4 months and in bottle only one month. Precise and clean on the palate, yet cushioned with low yielding roundness.
A powerhouse of pretty botanicals ascends the trunk of the passion fruit tree where the fruit shines. The aromatic array ranges all the way from tropical perfume to savory, mineral, woody depth. The complexity of a fully mature, noble white wine, yet at the time of writing, the 2025 Sauvignon Blanc has been in barrel 4 months and in bottle only one month. Precise and clean on the palate, yet cushioned with low yielding roundness.
