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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89.4 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 66 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Katto on 12/25/2021 & rated 90 points: Medium gold with fine bubbles. Some apple, honey and brioche on the nose. Medium body with crisp acidity but creamy and notes of red and green apple, lemon, honey, melon and toast on the palate with a medium-long finish.
Anecdote: the cork broke! So, we had our first try at sabering a bottle of sparkling and it went really well (and saved the day and wine!). (842 views) | | | Tasted by Deadhead on 11/26/2020 & rated 89 points: Delicious. However stylistically it tasted more like a Brut rather than Blanc de Blancs. It lacked the precision, crispness, and everything else I love about BdB. Perhaps this is a function of age. I would have guessed 50/50 PN and Chard. Delicious, none the less. (1021 views) | | | Tasted by jcurl on 10/29/2012 & rated 91 points: Good, plenty of apple, no citrus, just the way i like it. (6623 views) | | | Tasted by burr on 3/2/2012 & rated 90 points: pale straw, fine stream of bubbles. Golden delicious apple, lemon, cream, yeast. Well integrated, well built wine with decent structure, but stylistically a bit more ripe than I like. I found myself wishing for a little less fruit and a little more mineral. (6577 views) | | | Tasted by Old Course 72 on 9/9/2011 & rated 89 points: Nice nose, full and crisp flavors (6684 views) | | | Tasted by phattyjrb on 5/7/2011 & rated 91 points: Wonderful with a delicious toasty note. (7052 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 12/12/2010 & rated 88 points: Minneapolis Wine Club does Champagne (Shari's House): Very pale gold color. toast, lemon, yeast, apple. Palate is consistent. Fairly bitter on the finish. Good, but have had better vintages of B d' B. (8190 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 12/11/2010 & rated 88 points: Notes of mineral, biscuit and toast. Medium bead, with toast and tart apple tones. (3231 views) | | | Tasted by wickedwax on 11/25/2010: from a .375ml. ripe apple, lemon and yeasty aromas with a good creamy texture and clean acidity. good bright acidity and lively on the palate. good value for a california sparkler. (3339 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 11/20/2010 & rated 91 points: Very yeasty nose with some intriguing funk aromas. Reminded me of my gym locker...beyond the nose, the palate featured lively citrus flavors with graham crackers and toast. Agreesive bubbles, yet soft and subtle on the palate. Very nice. (3392 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 11/19/2010 & rated 90 points: Lunch at Alba (Restaurant Alba, Keong Saik Road): Very decent. I thought it was clearly new world at first pour, but a couple of others who only tasted it after it had a little time in the glass were not so sure. Nice nose showed sweet apples scents, yeast, earth, some flowers, bits of toasty vanilla, and a savoury white meat note. Palate was really very dry on the attack, quite lean and mean! Boy this needed food. It was nicely structured though, with sweet red apples and ripe lemons bolstered by a minerally backdrop that had a sense of plenty of dry extract. Finish had a little perfumy, flowery lilt and just that touch of heat. It did open up with time too, rounding out slightly, especially with our frito misti (fried seafood) appetiser. Still always just a little on the skinny side, but all in all a nice starter. (3979 views) | | | Tasted by CopperfieldCave on 10/23/2010 & rated 89 points: Delicious! Shared with heidi at chicago's pop's for champagne. (1849 views) | | | Tasted by Outplaying on 9/30/2010: My first impression was apple juice with fizz. However, after a few minutes this really grew on me. Very crisp and clean with very faint yeasty notes. I enjoyed this but it was a little too dry for Ann. I would buy again. (1850 views) | | | Tasted by xyzsch on 8/25/2010 & rated 90 points: Nice, crisp sparkling wine. (3704 views) | | | Tasted by KVM on 7/19/2010 & rated 89 points: Really good - as good a California bubbly as I have tasted. Still has a couple years to go. (3808 views) | | | Tasted by PSUSteve on 7/13/2010 & rated 89 points: I would agree with crisp and enjoyable. (3850 views) | | | Tasted by DougSamuel on 6/21/2010 & rated 91 points: Pear and green apples on the nose. Very refreshing wine without much oak. More of a pinot grigio taste than chardonnay. Well balanced flavors and acidity. A really nice california sparkler. (3953 views) | | | Tasted by gmbdds on 4/4/2010 & rated 89 points: Crisp, dry and enjoyable. Apple and light toast notes with a refreshing finish. (4053 views) | | | Tasted by Dave Canada on 2/2/2010 & rated 88 points: OK......not the most complex (4411 views) | | | Tasted by hutch on 1/15/2010 & rated 90 points: MCRI (Conference room): Clean and bright. A little bit of toast. Nice purity. This is a very nice sparkling wine. (4932 views) | | | Tasted by cgrimes on 1/8/2010 & rated 87 points: Second time tasting. See my previous note for initial impressions. Seemed less fruity, more tart, this time around. Less balanced than the Henriot Souverain tasted just prior. (4495 views) | | | Tasted by Dave Canada on 12/24/2009 & rated 91 points: Drank at a restaurant.....from memory
Very nice citrus, mineral and autolytic notes....can tell the breeding in the house here (4612 views) | | | Tasted by J Dogg on 12/14/2009: Nice sparkler, nice yeasty flavors. (4613 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 11/26/2009 & rated 90 points: Excellent sparkler, especially at the price point. In a flight of this, Bollinger NV, Pol Roget NV and Cedrid Bouchard Inflouresence 2006, only the Bourchard was preferred. (4657 views) | | | Tasted by Lou on 11/21/2009 & rated 92 points: Very dry with citrus flavors in the background. Smooth bubbles compliment the yeasty flavors. (4907 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Schramsberg Vineyards Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson North CoastThe North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA) in California, covering more than three million acres, includes Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties, and portions of Marin and Solano counties. (see The Wine Institute for more information)North CoastLodi |
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