Savvy wine buys: Chateau Potelle '00 Sauvignon Blanc

The much-acknowledged Chateau Potelle overlooks the Napa Valley from its perch atop Mount Veeder, a place renowned for its excellent vineyards. This wine made this year's Top-10 list in Wine and Spirits Magazine, and not without good reason.

It's an elegant, well-balanced version of sauvignon blanc, a grape that seems to be gaining on chardonnay in popularity. It's not as heavily oak-scented as a chard, and it has the trademark grassiness and earthy, yeasty bite of a typical California sauvignon blanc.

Available at Lee's Discount Liquor and at Albertsons, $12.99.

-- Max Jacobson

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