Winemaker Notes
Fine-sized bubbles burst from the glass with aromas of freshly baked apple pie and toasted brioche. A creamy mousse glazes the palate accented by flavors of lemon curd and buttery toast, finishing long and seamless.
Blend: 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This is a new project for this longtime sparkling house. The aromas are focused and clean with splashes of citrus, light apple and a brief hint of yeast on the nose. The palate offers a very fine mousse, with fresh, clean and tart flavors of citrus.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The Laetitia RM Brut Cuvée shimmers yellow-gold in the glass with a fine, persistent mousse. Aromas of sun-warmed stones and ripe pear rise from the nose, leading to a lively, bright palate layered with fresh stone fruit flavors. Crisp and refreshing on the finish, the Laetitia Brut Cuvée is a superb partner for Coquilles Saint-Jacques à la Champenoise, a classic Champagne dish of scallops in a delicate cream and Champagne sauce, where the wine’s vibrancy complements the scallops’ sweetness and lifts the richness of the sauce. (Tasted: August 17, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
Since 1982, the Laetitia Vineyards & Winery has produced elegant wines that champion the exceptional character and diversity of the Arroyo Grande Valley AVA. Originally founded by an established French Champagne house, the Laetitia estate carries on in the longstanding traditions of Burgundy and Champagne with a focus on small-lot Pinot Noir and sparkling wines. Valuing legacy, balance, innovation, and sustainable practices from harvest to glass, the Laetitia team works meticulously from vintage to vintage to ensure that every bottle of Laetitia wine is as expressive as the coastal land from which it originates.
A term typically reserved for Champagne and Sparkling Wines, non-vintage or simply “NV” on a label indicates a blend of finished wines from different vintages (years of harvest). To make non-vintage Champagne, typically the current year’s harvest (in other words, the current vintage) forms the base of the blend. Finished wines from previous years, called “vins de reserve” are blended in at approximately 10-50% of the total volume in order to achieve the flavor, complexity, body and acidity for the desired house style. A tiny proportion of Champagnes are made from a single vintage.
There are also some very large production still wines that may not claim one particular vintage. This would be at the discretion of the winemaker’s goals for character of the final wine.
One of the coolest growing areas in California, the Arroyo Grande Valley runs from the southwest to the northeast, just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean and is part of the Central Coast AVA. Situated so that cold Pacific Ocean air and fog is allowed to filter into the valley, Arroyo Grande also has an incredibly long growing season. Bud break occurs in February in most years with flowering in May and harvest in late September; the area is classified as cool Mediterranean.
These weather factors combined with the soil types—continental and marine rocks, greywacke, limestone, shale and volcanic—create wines with great concentration and fresh acidity. The cooler end of the valley is perfect for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and is a good producer of sparkling wines. The warmer, more inland part of the valley is home to some of California’s oldest Zinfandel vines.