I posted about the Marlargo's 2005 Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc. This bottle of 2006 appeared on the shelf of the same Bargain Grocery Store last week, and I snagged it; just in time, in fact.

The Marlargo 2006 Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc is much lighter in color; not even a hint of green in it, just a pale gold. And the taste, while clearly a Sauvignon Blanc, is also much lighter, and a bit sweeter than the earlier vintage. I confess that I have no idea why; is it a mere matter of age? Was the fermentation process changed? (I wonder, frankly, if perhaps the grape skins were removed from the 2006 wine earlier than in the previous year; the color is markedly different.) This is a lovely wine, though I'd almost want to treat it as a sweet Riesling. I managed to pick up another bottle a few days later, but alas, that seems to be the end of it; at $1.99 a bottle it's hardly surprising. This was a definite bargain; we would have stashed a couple of bottles away for a year or two, if they'd been available, since I think that the wine might become a bit more interesting in a few years, though it's quite enjoyable now.

I'm becoming quite intrigued by the enormous difference in various Sauvignon Blancs, not only between those from different areas, but even between different years from the same winery. It's more than a little amusing to see myself becoming such a fan of this particular white wine. It's not something I would have ever predicted. Yesterday we picked up a Washington Sauvignon Blanc from Sagebrush that was also noticeably an individual wine.