Given the plethora of white wines manufactured every year, it can be hard to find the best one to add to your restaurant or bar menu. That is why the Sommelier Business is here to recommend a French wine that won the Double Gold status at the 2024 Sommeliers Choice Awards. After being tested for its taste, quality, packaging and other important criteria, the 2021 Saint-Bris Sauvignon won the Wine of the Year by Varietal award, establishing itself as the best Sauvignon.

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About Saint-Bris Sauvignon

Simonnet-Febvre’s 2021 Saint-Bris Sauvignon, made completely with the Sauvignon grapes, was recognized as the best wine of its varietal. It delivers the outstanding qualities of an award-winning wine, thanks to the location where the grapes were harvested. Cultivated from the Saint-Bris vineyards in the Burgundy region of France, where the weather is cold allowing the fruits to ripen slowly and achieve a more enhanced complexity in terms of flavor and aroma. The minerality of the soil in the vineyard also influences the wine’s taste.

Image Title and Source: Saint-Bris Sauvignon Wine Details

This single-varietal wine has a light yellow shade with a tinge of green. When brought close to the nose, it shows strong aromas of citrus fruits, especially lemon and grapefruit, along with notes of green herbs, white flowers, and a touch of minerality. A sip of the Saint-Bris Sauvignon brings out the acidic taste of citrus fruit combined with green herbs, blackcurrant leaves and a hint of grassy notes. 

Given its flavor components, this refreshing wine pairs well with dishes like grilled or pan-seared fish and oysters or shrimp cocktails, making it the best wine for seafood restaurants. The white wine is also good with salads and fruity desserts.

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Review from the 2024 Sommeliers Choice Awards:

Medal won: Double Gold Medal and Wine of the Year by Varietal
Points Scored: 96 points

Image Title and Source: Saint-Bris Sauvignon Shelf Talker

About Simonnet-Febvre

While its Sauvignon took the Double Gold Medal at the 2024 Sommeliers Choice Awards, Simonnet-Febvre is best recognized for its Chardonnays. Having manufactured wines since 1840, the French wine house, with such a long-standing history, has focused itself on producing single-varietal wines. Each wine perfectly expresses the exceptional flavors and aromas of the terroir where its grapes were grown. In addition to Saint-Bris, Maison Simonnet-Febvre is also known for manufacturing wines from vineyards in Chablis, which is located on the northern side of Burgundy. Simonnet-Febvre also prides itself as the only Chablis winery to make a selection of Crémants de Bourgogne wines. The Brut Blanc sparkling wine from this collection even won a silver medal at the 2024 Sommeliers Choice Awards with 87 points.

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