As mentioned in my Tasting Menu thread over in Epicurean Exploits, I was quite surprised to try an Obikwa 2013 Sauvignon blanc from the Western Cape of South Africa, a $10 CDN wine that was a very pleasant surprise – fruit forward, herbaceous but not grassy, and very fresh tasting. Not complex or pristine like the TENZ Project but not trying to be, either. It went extremely well with the varied tasting menu I served on the weekend.
I would have said Riesling. ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}
I hate to be a broken record Warren, but maybe that is because they also make riesling in Austria.
I am not a huge SB fan. A few Loire whites I like but that is about it for pure SB. For blends including SB, I do like good white Bordeaux a good bit, but Domaine de Chavalier is expensive. [Carbonneaux is better priced.]
Great choice. 
Domestics…grey stack and herb lamb.
Very surprised that nobody has mentioned Arkenstone yet, probably my favorite domestic SB. Love everything I have tried from Kick Ranch Vineyard.
Love the stuff, especially White Bdx when I can find and afford it.
picked another case of Domaine Girard Sancerre La Garenne 2012. Great drinking for $17
I wonder if sales are lagging. I just had a call from Herb Lamb asking if they “could get me my allocation”.
I completely agree with this, somehow very aromatic but bone dry white wine gets my appetite started. I use Alto Adige SB instead of NZ but they’re very similar in style.
Just picked up my Apsara Sauv Blanc. Looking forward to trying one.
I recently tried the 2013 Quivet Tench Vineyard SB and thought it was really big, nice fruit, but with a distracting overpowering alcohol note. I have a bit of an intolerance for hot seeming wines, so my palate might be an outlier.
It’s been a while since I’ve had a Cloudy Bay, but I had a 2016 Cloudy Bay S-B over 3 nights with (respectively) barramundi fish, skate, and then chicken picatta and the wine was really good. It seemed to have a little more depth and interest that the typical NZSB quaffer. I remember having these a long time ago and liking them, but eventually shifting to other labels once these got to be 3x comparable prices. Lots of grapefruit pith, lemon, and quinine. Real crowd pleaser for a food wine.
Always happy to give any SB thread a bump. I mean as long as it’s pro-SB.
+1
And more affordably, (and available) the better Bourgeois, Jolivet, etc. The problem (for me) is NZ and it’s imitators.
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Kalin with age, very impressive.
I scooped up my allocation of Realm SauvBlanc last month. A very modern style, $60 a pop, but damn good IMO. I really hope they start blending in Semillon one day. Only white BDX version I’ve tried in Napa that is next level is Morlet’s La Proportion Doree. Would love to see Realm whip up their version.
I keep my eyes open for Sauvignon Blanc, but won’t go so far to say I run around looking for the next great drink…
I have enjoyed Bedrock’s Judge Family Vineyard over the past few years, and recently the first of three Jean Edwards from BDX.
It’s one of my wife’s favourite varietals. Kim Crawford specifically. Is the demand for it dwindling in the last several years or something?
Not that I’m aware of…eventually there’s a point where everyone needs to stock up again. 
I keep stocked up on Quivet.