1997 Fall Creek Sauvignon Blanc

[hotwine]

Debra fixed a cold salad of marinated broiled shrimp, black beans, green onion, cilantro and tomato last night for us to have tonight. The marinade included soy sauce, Worchestershire, honey, lime juice, and a few other ingredients that escape me now. I was really scratching my head for a wine pairing. Plodded through the database and found a lone bottle of this white from the Texas Hill Country. I somehow felt in my gut that a Sauvingon Blanc was the right wine as a default, but landing on this orphan was blind stupid luck. Soft lemon, lime and honeyed pear notes with a touch of new oak as an undercurrent, it was just right with the complex flavors of the salad (and I normally don't like wood with my SW's). Alcohol at 13.2%, and $9.99 when purchased in 1998.

[This message has been edited by hotwine (edited 06-11-2002).]