Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters on the half shell, artisanal goat cheese, grilled halibut with lemon-herb butter
✨ Technical Specifications
While Fidelitas is highly celebrated for its powerful Red Mountain reds, winemaker Charlie Hoppes applies the same meticulous precision to this limited-production Sauvignon Blanc. Sourced from select, cooler vineyard sites within the Columbia Valley, such as the acclaimed Boushey Vineyard, this wine is crafted to capture Washington's intense daytime sun alongside its cool desert nights. To build complexity, the winemaking team often utilizes a combination of stainless steel tanks, concrete eggs, and neutral French oak barrels for fermentation and aging. This thoughtful cellar regimen preserves the grape's bright, vibrant citrus and tropical fruit characteristics while imparting a beautifully rounded texture and a distinctive mineral edge, offering a sophisticated and structured white wine that stands proudly alongside the estate's robust red portfolio.
🍾 About the Producer
Fidélitas was founded in 2000 by veteran Washington winemaker Charlie Hoppes, formerly the head red winemaker at Chateau Ste. Michelle. Joined by his son Will Hoppes, the winery embodies an unyielding dedication to Bordeaux grape varieties cultivated exclusively within Washington State's prestigious Red Mountain AVA. Situated on warm, southwest-facing slopes, the region's intense sunlight, fierce winds, poor gravelly loam soils, and profound diurnal temperature fluctuations foster thick-skinned berries with formidable concentration and natural acidity. The estate vineyard, first planted in 2008 and farmed sustainably with Sustainable WA certification, is complemented by premier fruit partnerships with iconic sites such as Ciel du Cheval and Quintessence. Winemaking employs micro-lot fermentations in oak and neutral barrels, yielding structured, deeply expressive wines. The estate's benchmark portfolio is anchored by the flagship Optu Red and Optu White blends, vineyard-designated Cabernet Sauvignons, and varietal Malbecs.
🍇 Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc