Sauvignon Blanc (light and lean style)

You don't have to call it by its full name (Sauvignon is enough), but you have to try it, and you will have to spend some more money than usual, I'm afraid, £15 being the minimum. Not something that I learnt from a book, but something I drew upon my own experience. And this is how I see it (mind you! this is my personal subjective opinion):
In case of French wines, it is like with brand shoes. You may only enjoy them for a while, will not survive one winter, will not go with many of your jeans, and you still have to pay heck of a lot. And more often than not you pay for the label, not necessarily for the quality, when you could actually spend half as much on a better pair that just doesn't have a famous name on it. I'm sorry Tommy, but your stuff is just way too overpriced.
So here we are, French regions are said to boast best wines, but do they indeed? Some of them of course, but NOT ALL of them, so don't you think that buying a French bottle you will get wine. Tricky business, this wine drinking, I'm telling ya! ;)

AROMA AND FLAVOUR:
Light and lean Sauvignon grape will produce... light and lean wine ;) Voila!
Too easy?
You can still make it more complex and divide flavours by appellation. Thus, Sancerre is bone-dry and lemony while Pouilly-Fumé is famous for its smoky note.

BEST REGIONS:
* The Loire Valley (France) - a cool wine region in the middle of France. And as mentioned above, the two most famous appellations produced in there are:
Sancerre
(http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/product/Domaine-la-Croix-St-Laurent-Le-Ch%EAne-Marchand-2013/29632)
and Pouilly-Fumé
(http://www.laithwaites.co.uk/product/Domaine-des-Mariniers-2013/29487)

*New World (Tasmania, Canterbury/Waipara in New Zealand & Elgin in South Africa).
Go for one of these if you fancy crisper wine that tastes of citrus fruit more than anything else.
(https://www.crackawines.com.au/Josef_Chromy/2013_Josef_Chromy_Sauvignon_Blanc/Sales)