2005 Sauvignon Blanc - Miller Ranch

Purchase 2005 Sauvignon Blanc - Miller Ranch

Harvest Date: September 1 to September 26

Varietal Composition: 99 percent Sauvignon Blanc; 1 percent Semillon

Appellation: Napa Valley

Vineyards: 95 percent Miller Ranch; 4 percent Soda Creek Vineyard; 1 percent Hyde Vineyard

Bottling Date: August 2006

The year began with wet weather, followed by a dry period in March, then continued rainfall well into spring with later than usual bloom and set on the vine. The valley experienced unseasonable precipitation into early June. The cool weather continued, with a pleasant summer with few heat spikes. As September approached, growers had concern that the larger than normal crop on the vine would not fully ripen as fog prevailed well into when warm temperatures of Indian Summer typically prevail to harvest. Eventually, though later than normal, the warm days arrived, ripening the grapes to full maturity.

Vineyard yields were slightly lower than average at 5 tons to the acre, and average harvest sugar was 23.2° Brix. After destemming and gentle pressing, all of the juice was fermented cold in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks and stainless steel barrels to ensure the characteristic sprightliness Silverado Sauvignon Blanc is known for.

Alcohol, 13.9 percent; titratable acidity, 6.4 grams per liter; pH, 3.20; residual sugar, 0.10 percent.

Alcohol, 13.9 percent; titratable acidity, 6.4 grams per liter; pH, 3.20; residual sugar, 0.10 percent.

Purchase 2005 Sauvignon Blanc - Miller Ranch