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SPEED TASTING REPORT Mystery Sip #13: Bright Brainteaser Lean and clean; a stylized New World Sauv Blanc with stone and pears and gripping acidity. —Jonathan Mitchell The scent of clean, fresh meadows, nectarines and dewy notes make for a refreshing white. —Caroline Styne THE REVEAL: Foppiano 2010 Mystery Sip #14: Riesling Riddle The petrol nose, lean acid and honey chamomile and nervy lime makes me think of Riesling. —Meridith May Mineral-rich and intense, but quite clean. Green apple notes are pretty. A great Riesling. —Michael Shearin THE REVEAL: Penfold’s 2009 Todd Arterburn, President of Foppiano Vineyards, presents the wine to the panel, after the blind tasting. Sauvignon Blanc, Russian River (SRP $17). With its 100-year-plus history in the Russian River Valley, Foppiano is a historic winery, and the family has been dry-farming this white grape in clay soil on the estate property since 1968. This wine is newly- released this month. Mystery Sip #15: Pretty Little Secret Super-creamy marshmallow sweetness on the nose; on the palate, notes of tea, stone fruit. Is this a Chardonnay? —Caroline Styne A Riesling nose, but plush passion fruits mid-palate and Old World earthiness tell another story. —Jared Hooper THE REVEAL: André Lurton 2009 Château Bonnet Blanc, Bordeaux (SRP $13). A blend of 50% Sauv Blanc, 40% Semillon and 10% Muscadelle matured for four months in tanks on the lees, from the Entre-Deux-Mers appellation. W. J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd Mystery Sip #16: Suave Sauv? Dry, mineral-rich, heathered and candied on the palate. A zesty citrus start and an extra-dry finish. —Meridith May A big, juicy Sauvignon Blanc with generous squeezes of lime and a grassy bouquet. —Jonathan Mitchell THE REVEAL: The Crossings 2010 Sauvignon Blanc, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand (SRP $14). The Crossings is one of a small group of pioneering winegrowers in the Awatere Valley sub- region of Marlborough, with low-vigor soils and a dry climate. The fruit comes from three vineyards. W. J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd. Bin 51 Riesling, Eden Valley, Australia (SRP $17). Higher altitude and a cooler climate than South Australia make Eden Valley Rieslings a tad more austere. This wine is that and more, a zesty white fermented in stainless steel for three months. Treasury Wine Estates 72 / the tasting panel / may 201 1 PHOTO: JIMMY P