2024 Galactica Sauvignon Blanc, Central Valley, Chile 🇨🇱

The Moment

Some Sauvignon Blancs are built around sharpness.
Others are built around lift.

The 2024 Galactica Sauvignon Blanc feels like the kind of bottle that lives right in that sweet spot — bright, crisp, and easy to reach for, but with enough floral detail and minerality to make it feel more interesting than a simple porch white. A wine with lemon, gooseberry, mint, lavender, chamomile, sweet pea, and mineral notes, in a lighter style that is crisp and well balanced.

There is good vineyard detail behind that freshness too. The fruit comes from two vineyards in Chile’s Central Valley: 80% from Yerbas Buenas in the Maule foothills of the Andes and 20% from Los Alamos in Curicó, with both vineyards and the winery described as certified sustainable. The wine is fermented and aged in stainless steel, which fits the wine’s clean, mineral, fruit-forward style very well.

What It Feels Like

Think grilled shrimp, goat cheese, and a white that feels cold, bright, and immediately useful from the first sip.

What makes this bottle work is the balance between classic Sauvignon Blanc markers and just enough softness to keep it easy. Lemon zest, gooseberry, and mint give it that familiar snap, while lavender, chamomile, and sweet pea make it feel a little more lifted and expressive. The mineral finish keeps it from getting too floral, which is a big part of why it drinks so cleanly. 

In the Glass

Aromatics
Lemon, gooseberry, fresh mint, lavender, chamomile, and sweet pea.

Palate
Crisp, light-bodied, and well balanced, with citrusy freshness and a mineral-driven finish.

Texture
Light and lively, with freshness and minerality emphasized over weight or richness. 

Finish
Clean, elegant, and mineral, with lemon and gooseberry carrying through the close. 

Why We Love This Bottle

A Sauvignon Blanc That Stays Bright
The strongest throughline here is freshness: citrus, herbs, floral lift, and a mineral finish. The kind of white that makes sense to chill hard and pour often.

Cooler-Site Fruit Matters
The Maule foothills and Curicó sourcing, plus the note about cool microclimates and large day-night temperature swings, help explain why this wine sounds so lifted and balanced rather than broad or tropical.

A Very Useful Food White
Because the wine is lighter in style, crisp, and mineral-driven, it looks like a great match for seafood, salads, goat cheese, and salty snacks. 

Pair It With

• Grilled shrimp
• Goat cheese
• Herbed chicken
• Salads with citrus vinaigrette
• Chips, olives, and salty snacks

Technical Notes

Producer: Galactica
Wine: Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2024
Region: Central Valley, Chile
Grape: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Alcohol: 12.5% ABV
Case Production: 22,000 12-pack cases.

Vineyard Notes:
Fruit is sourced from Yerbas Buenas in Maule and Los Alamos in Curicó. Sustainably farmed, with mostly alluvial soils plus sandy loam and clay.

Winemaking:
The grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel tanks for about 2 months on the lees, then aged an additional 4–6 months in tank. No oak is used.

Body: Light
Structure: Bright acidity · mineral line · refreshing finish

Flavor Profile
Lemon · Gooseberry · Mint · Lavender · Chamomile · Sweet Pea · Mineral

Drink Window
Now–2027