Desperate Times

As I may have mentioned, we are not big white wine drinkers but, in the grip of a heat wave, we longed for something cool and refreshing.  Let's face it, desperate times call for desperate measures! 

That's not to imply that we had to be desperate to open this wine - afterall, we did try it in the tasting room and brought a bottle home.  What is the non-red, you ask, that my partner-in-crime was willing to drink?  Drum roll, please..........Glen Manor 2009 Sauvignon Blanc, from the lovely state of Virginia! 

I've never been a fan, but my PIC contends that he used to enjoy Sauv. Blanc years ago but began to object to that thing that makes Sauv. Blanc, well...objectionable - to us anyway - it can be grassy.  Not so with this one!  It had beautifully balanced acidity with that minerality that I so love, and loads of tropical fruit on the nose and palate. 

It was like a tropical island breeze in the heat wave from Hell....ok, maybe not quite but it sure was nice!