Winemaker Notes
This is a traditional brut blend, aged four and a half years en tirage and finished with a unique dosage. It is the perfect celebratory toast for the Super Bowl. By nose, very ripe read apple, fresh yeast, mixed berry jam. By mouth, ripe red apple, orange marmalade and toasted nuts.
This is a beautiful sparkling with crispy pommes frites with sea salt and black pepper, truffle popcorn and the ultimate tailgate fair.
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.
Situated on the foggier and colder western edge of the Russian River Valley, almost abutting the Sonoma Coast appellation, Green Valley is one of California’s most reputable Chardonnay and Pinot noir producing regions. It is also a wonderful source of sparkling wines made from these varieties.
Goldridge soils abound throughout the Green Valley appellation. This fine, dark, sandy loam and fractured sandstone is derived from the remains of ancient inland seabeds dating back three to five million years. It is valuable for high quality grape growing because of its excellent drainage and low fertility.