Boushey Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2023
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, grilled goat cheese salad, pan-seared white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
The Boushey Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from JM Cellars represents a beautiful partnership with legendary grower Dick Boushey in Washington's Yakima Valley. Known for its cooler climate and unique soils, Boushey Vineyard yields Sauvignon Blanc grapes with remarkable natural acidity and intense aromatic complexity. JM Cellars crafts this wine to showcase the pure, vibrant character of the site, capturing bright citrus, stone fruit, and a distinctive flinty minerality. The winemaking process typically emphasizes freshness, utilizing stainless steel or neutral oak fermentation to preserve the grape's lively fruit profile and crisp texture, resulting in a sophisticated white wine that beautifully reflects its high-desert terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1998 by John and Peggy Bigelow, JM Cellars is a benchmark family-owned artisanal winery centered at Bramble Bump, a wooded sanctuary in Woodinville, Washington. Initially mentored by prominent Washington vintners Mike Januik and Charlie Hoppes, the Bigelows evolved from basement garagistes into leading producers of small-lot, site-expressive Pacific Northwest wines. While production operations are based in Woodinville and Maltby, estate fruit originates from Margaret's Vineyard—a certified sustainable and Salmon-Safe site perched within Walla Walla's acclaimed SeVein development. Complementing their estate plantings, JM Cellars selectively sources from venerated Columbia Valley, Yakima Valley, and Red Mountain vineyards, including Boushey, Stillwater Creek, and Quintessence. Winemaking under John and his son Tommy emphasizes precision and texture, utilizing small-batch fermentations in stainless steel, concrete eggs, and French oak barrels. Benchmark cuvées include their signature Tre Fanciulli red blend, Margaret's Vineyard Bordeaux varietals, and vineyard-designated Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay, consistently distinguished by vibrant fruit purity and structured finesse.
🍇 Grapes
Sauvignon Blanc