One of California’s most intriguing white Bordeaux-inspired blends is Signorello’s 2007 Seta, a combination of 60% Semillon and 40% Sauvignon Blanc. Complex aromas of lemon blossom, orange peel, and honeyed citrus emerge from this medium to full-bodied, dry white. It could easily be inserted as a ringer in a blind tasting of top-class white Bordeaux. Consume it over the next 2-3 years.

Seta is the winery's Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc blend. It's barrel-fermented, using native yeasts. Like the 2005, which it resembles, it's over-worked. Heavy oak dominates the interesting, complex citrus and fig flavors, flooding the mouth with too much caramel and butterscotch.