Rack & Riddle Blanc de Noirs
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Blend: 100% Pinot Noir
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: I always have—and still do—consider Blanc de Noirs Sparklers to be wines that belong in the domain of California vintners and not in the Champagne group from France. I have seen some "real" Champagnes labeled Blanc de Noirs, and I have not been impressed. California has been this category's champion. The Rack & Riddle Blanc de Noirs is one of the marketplace's top wines. TASTING NOTES: This wine starts out with a dramatic copper color before settling into a bubbly of generous substance. Its aromas and flavors of dried strawberries, yeast autolysis, and tart citrus and beautiful and refined. Pair its bright finish with red tuna or fresh salmon sashimi. (Tasted: August 8, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine & Spirits
This fragrant sparkler starts as pinot noir pressed off its skins by Manveer Sandhu at this custom crush facility in Healdsburg. He gets most of the fruit from Carneros, offering a wine with broad flavors of Honeycrisp apples and cherry skins. Its bright acidity would find a comfortable place at the table with Korean barbecue.
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Wine Enthusiast
With a dry entry, this wine presents as rich in stone and tropical fruit on the midpalate, pleasing to fans of a fruitier style. Anise, strawberries and cream and Meyer lemon grip the finish.
Bringing together six winemakers on staff, including the sought-after skills of winemaker Penny Gadd-Coster, Rack & Riddle specializes in processes that take an incredible amount of labor, time and equipment, but that result in superior wine.