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Lynne Levin of award-winning Levin Wines leads a guided tasting of four Levin Sauvignon Blanc wines produced in France’s Loire Valley. Included in the tasting are a silver medal-winning wine from the difficult 2006 vintage and three different expressions of the grape from the complicated 2011 vintage.

Levin will demonstrate how organic viticulture and attention to blending resulted in the 2006 Levin Sauvignon Blanc, Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, winner of a silver medal in the Concours des Vin du Val de Loire.  She will then present three different wines from the 2011 vintage – 2011 Levin Sauvignon Blanc, Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, France “Certification Agriculture Biologique”, (silver medal World Sauvignon Competition); 2011 Mister L Sauvignon Blanc, Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, France “Certification Agriculture Biologique” (gold medal World Sauvignon Competition); and 2011 Levin Noble Sauvignon Blanc 500ml, Vin de Pays du Val de Loire, France “Certification Agriculture Biologique”. The three wines demonstrate different expressions of the grape, unoaked, oaked and noble botrytis.

Levin wines are produced by the renowned hotelier David Levin and his Australian wife Lynne. The wines are made organically using the best of traditional French and modern winemaking practices to allow the true expression of the sauvignon blanc grape. The Levin winery is a state-of-the-art building that was shipped to France in its entirety from Australia. Levin Sauvignon Blanc is renowned for its crisp refreshing citrus aromas, exotic fruit notes and hints of wild mint underpinned by flinty minerality. The wines have won accolades from well-known wine writers such as Jancis Robinson, Steven Spurrier and Tim Atkin.