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The fruit is sourced from the twin threats of Oger and Mesnil-sur-Oger – and some of the family’s oldest vines and best plots therein. The approach here is clean and pure, with all stainless steel fermentation and a full blocking of malolactic secondary fermentation – keeping everything bright, mineral-driven and full of zip. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is aged in bottle on the lees for a full four years, before disgorgement and a small dosage of 2 grams per liter. As they’re just getting started (their website is still under construction as well), their production is extremely small… this batch comes in at just over 200 cases… total. As best we can tell, we’re the only ones in the country, or the hemisphere, or really anyone outside of the EU, that got access to this beauty. We scored with a whopping FIVE CASES… so don’t delay claiming yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aromas and flavors are classic Cote de Blancs, with a perfect balance of the chalky, citrine, laser-focus of Mesnil, coupled with the slightly denser, ripe orchard fruit characteristics of Oger. Taste and smell the crumbled chalk, the piquant lemon and grapefruit, alongside crisp Granny Smith apples, and nearly ripe Bartlett pears. Lemongrass and chervil, too, in a taut and seamless package that is both linear and expansive simultaneously. What. A. 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I’ll rattle off a handful of the vineyards they work with, so you know the pedigree of these wines: Durell, Gap’s Crown, Lucky Well, Sangiacomo, Riddle, Rueling, and Thomas Rivers Brown\/Fred Schrader’s new Ridgetop vineyard out on the northern Sonoma Coast…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose are some Cali-pinot and chardonnay heavy-hitters, friends – each renowned for producing highly sought after and supremely rare wines hounded fiercely by collectors. After one glass of this inaugural release Brut sparkling, we think it just may command a similar attention in the coming years!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cuvee clocks in at 46% chardonnay, 46% pinot noir, and 8% pinot meunier from a selection of their vineyard partners throughout Sonoma. After a traditional method secondary fermentation in bottle (a la Champagne), this wine ages on the lees for a total of 33 months before a minuscule dosage of 0.8 grams\/liter following disgorgement. 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This vineyard in particular has sandy-clay soils with ample siliceous pebbles above and below ground. The vines are 60-years-young, giving an added dimension of complexity to the final wine. After a slow pressing in a pneumatic press, the free-run juice ferments separately while the must clarifies for a minimum of 24 hours. Fermentation at low temperatures occurs next, to preserve the delicate aromas, and then aging for roughly 6 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePop open a bottle and experience delightfully crisp Red Delicious apples, ripe pears, crushed blackberries, struck flint, key lime, homemade buttery pie crust, and zippy pomelo, all uplifted with a mineral edge reminiscent of river rocks in a gently babbling brook. The end result is supremely drinkable, delightfully bubbly, and vinous, and all-in-all, a fantastic sip to be had in near-record time! 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They’ve been quietly making small lots of bubbles for a while (typically reserved for their club and winery visitors), and are one of Napa best-kept secret bubble houses! We were thrilled to taste this for last year’s PNV, and even more ecstatic when we won the bidding war! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly sixty bottles of this fantastic 2012 wine was ever made – just bottled this past December, after over 8 years on the lees in bottle and another couple years in barrel! This is a separate, extra-special bottling of their traditional Lady Edythe cuvee (which got 94 points from a top critic), so we're thinking 96 points… easy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cepage is 61% chardonnay and 39% pinot noir – all hailing from the Lewis vineyard in the cool and windswept region of Los Carneros. Flavors and aromas of ripe, golden delicious apples, buttered toast, orange creamsicle, with chipped flint rocks, tangerine saltwater taffy, and even some umeboshi – a Japanese salt-cured plum! Toasty accents of heady spice – like cinnamon and nutmeg – round out the flavor profile in the tremendous effort that is both rich and bright in equal measure. Intense acidity is tempered with this brown butter apple sauce note, with a cleansing finish reminiscent of green almonds. The wine boasts an exuberant freshness throughout – and a classic golden-hued weight and substance that puts it in the Taittinger Comte style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is definitely a “statement” bottle of bubbles that a lucky few will get to call their own! 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The dosage is near the Brut limit, at a generous 10 grams per liter – adding to the voluptuous and full nature of this ample wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aromas and initial flavors focus on ripe red cherries, buttery brioche, toasted hazelnuts, and warm apple tarts, with secondary accents of lemon custard, green apples, and Fuyu persimmon. The wine is almost decadently rich and lavish upfront, but the finish is nevertheless precisely focused and linear – with a pure, chalky acidity that carries the finish. Overall, the wine is quite vinous in style, as is often the case with pinot meunier dominated blends, but the result is charming and pleasant, never overbearing. For the price, this is an exceptionally complex and layered wine and we are looking forward to exploring more from this producer! 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No one else has this beauty in the entire country – just so incredibly rare and delicious. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shift to lower dosages has produced an enhanced freshness and verve to the finished wines without sacrificing the purely ripe fruit orchard characteristics that is definitively Ambonnay. For a straight chardonnay cuvée, this wine has an almost pinot noir-esque vinosity, with floral notes of mandarin blossoms, roses, and star jasmine, plus apple orchard, pistachio, licorice, and fresh cut grass. 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