Alma de Cattleya Sauvignon Blanc Sonoma County 2021

Bibiana González Rave is one of our absolute favorite female winemakers out there! Bibiana grew up in Colombia where exposure to wine was limited, yet the few sips she was given from her father’s glass was enough to possess her. She moved to France in order to pursue an education in wine, and worked in world-class cellars including Bordeaux’s Château Haut-Brion and Burgundy’s Domaine Du Devevey. Her training in France was a crash course in the classics, but Bibiana ultimately made her home in Sonoma County where she found freedom to work with renowned varietals without having to oblige by strict French traditions. It didn’t take long for Bibiana to make a name for herself within the California winemaking community by way of projects like Wayfarer and Cattleya. A specialist in Burgundian varietals, she already boasts over 15 years of winemaking experience, even though she was recently named as one of the 40 Under 40 Tastemakers by Wine Enthusiast Magazine, as well as the Winemaker of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle in December 2015. Her newest brand, Alma de Cattleya, showcasing her supreme talents in a "weeknight price point" kind of wine. This Sauvignon Blanc is tart and bright and falls right in line with the style of wines that we have come to know and love from this brand. Bursting with notes of ripe melon, key lime, and grapefruit, this wine is bright, crisp, and possesses ample texture. All of the fruit comes from Sonoma County hillside vineyards, a blend of five different sites Bibiana works closely with. Fermented in neutral French oak barrels, then aged on the lees for four months before bottling. 3,000 cases made.