The 2005 Sauvignon Blanc (12,000 cases aged six months sur-lie with some barrel fermented) is a crisp, elegant effort revealing notes of honeyed grapefruits, figs, and crushed rocks. It is a pretty, medium-bodied, fresh, food-friendly white to enjoy over the next year. Tel. (800) 590-6464; fax (707) 571-0156

Made in the slightly sweet, lemongrass and fig style that’s so popular nowadays, this wine, with some of the Musque clone, has very crisp acidity that balances out the ripeness. Great with a salad of mixed greens with chevre, grapefruit and roasted peppers. ——S.H.(5/1/2007)—— 87