Le Vieux Pin 2024 Sauvignon Blanc 750ml

Horse Heaven Hills, Columbia Valley, Washington, United States

For their 2024 CIBC / replacement sauvignon blanc, fruit was sourced from Washington State's Horse Heaven Hills AVA. After picking, the fruit saw partial skin contact before transportation to their Osoyoos winery for fermentation in stainless, with 34% in neutral French oak barrels. Ripe gooseberry, fragrant orchard pear, and crunchy Asian pear rule the stony palate, gliding over a fine lees base, and lingering with humming tangerine pith. Super smart example, more French than American, but perennially LVP.

Score: 90 points -- Treve Ring, gismondionwine.com, 2025