Gruet Gilbert Gruet Grand Reserve 2012

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Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2012

Size
750ML

ABV
12%

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Winemaker Notes

The Grande Reserve represents the highest quality of sparkling wine from our vineyards. A delicate nose of bright minerality and brioche. This elegant wine is rich and creamy, with hints of green apple and citrus flavors. A long lingering finish has hints of apricot.

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    Crisp and precise with earthy notes and mineral elements; refined and complex with a long and lively finish.
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Founded in 1984, Gruet Winery specializes in Méthode Champenoise sparkling wines. The New Mexico-based winery produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay-based sparkling wines and a small collection of still wines, with roots originating from Gilbert Gruet’s Champagne house in Bethon, France. More than 30 vintages later, Gruet Winery has achieved unprecedented acclaim - including Wine Spectator's Top 100 - and remains a favorite of the nation’s top sommeliers.

Méthode Champenoise is a method of making sparkling wine by allowing the last stage of fermentation to take place in the bottle. The Gruet family brought this method from France to New Mexico and uses it to make world-class sparkling wines.  

In order to ensure outstanding consistency year after year, Gruet sources its grapes from various vineyards in different regions of the United States: New Mexico, Washington, and California. 

Just as in Champagne, France, where the grapes are often selected from multiple vineyards in the region, sourcing from several states leads to a more complex wine. Different terroirs bring different components to the final blend.

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Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.

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New Mexico represents some of the most exciting and successful high-elevation vineyards in the country—many of their best are above 4,000 feet.

New Mexico’s modern wine industry is based on traditional European varieties and claims over 30 successful wineries throughout the state. In fact, New Mexico and Texas were the first US states to produce wine from the Vitis vinifera species, beginning around 1626. They made wine with the Mission grape, which was also prolific among California missionaries.

Today New Mexico produces good reds, whites and can attest to the value of high elevation vineyards, especially with the success of its sparkling wines. In fact the New Mexico sparkling wine producer, Gruet, boasts some of the strongest nationwide distribution among smaller-producing states.

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