Winemaker Notes
This sparkling wine opens with sublime notes of green apples with both good acidity and pleasant minerality. Then, a crisp, lemony mousse adds freshness and vitality to the wine’s buttery, cakey characteristics. It finishes with an aroma of peaches and apricots. It’s a pleasant new wine which makes a wonderful accompaniment to a meal with friends.
Blend: 95% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Noir
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
Riper nose of apple, honey, dried caramelised nuts and toast. Orchard fruit and dried apricots on the palate. Some bottle development already. Blend : 95% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Noir
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James Suckling
This cool and fresh sparkling wine has aromas of lemon tart, green pears, elderflowers and sourdough. It’s elegant and silky with fine bubbles.
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Wine Enthusiast
This well-balanced and smooth wine is the debut California offering from French producer Pommery. Made from 96% Chardonnay and a dab of Pinot Noir, it carries aromas of toasted baguette and flowers, with crisp apple and white peach flavors on fine-beaded bubbles. The concentrated fruit amplifies on the palate and lingers on the finish.
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Wine Spectator
Steely and vibrant, this bubbly combines the best of Old and New World styles, with fresh lime, kiwifruit and blanched almond flavors.
California enjoys a long history and proven reputation as an admirable source of sparkling wines. Agoston Haraszthy, who established Buena Vista Winery in the mid 1850s, first attempted to make traditional method sparkling wine in California in the 1870s. Shortly thereafter Korbel followed, and with great success. Today domestic producers such as Schramsberg, Iron Horse and J. Wine Co remain at the forefront of the market.
Since the 1970s the state has consistently attracted the attention and investment of large and respected European and French-based firms who are responsible for Domaine Chandon, Mumm-Napa Valley, Roederer Estate and Domaine Carneros (Taittinger), to name a few. Anderson Valley and Carneros remain standout regions for top quality Pinot noir and Chardonnay for these.