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| Community Tasting Notes (average 89 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 9 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Chardinla on 6/22/2010 flawed bottle: This bottle had gone bad. The cork broke. When we finally got it opened, one sip and it went down the drain. (3659 views) | | | Tasted by GretchenB on 1/16/2010 & rated 86 points: Dry, crisp, clear. Cork was dry and needed to be removed with a cork screw. Delightful bottle nonethe less. (3660 views) | | | Tasted by MatthewF on 9/7/2009: Lots of lemon biscuit and butter cookie on the nose. Very nice texture on the palate with plenty of somewhat large bubbles. Very nice acidity and minerality all around. Tasty. (3736 views) | | | Tasted by js5280 on 7/17/2007 & rated 90 points: Didn't have the computer handy when consumed, but very nice bottle. Yeasty, almonds, great mouth feel, very well balanced, and enjoyable. Cheers! (4271 views) | | | Tasted by Always4wine on 10/29/2006 & rated 89 points: Opened for a toast to a big Football win. Super fun and true to what a good "bubbly" should be. Also did well as a mimosa! (4508 views) | | | Tasted by whiner on 1/2/2006 & rated 87 points: initially yeasty smelling, golden colour, grapfruit flavour very bitter finish and very dry. not quite enough sweetness in here. (2276 views) |
| Schramsberg Vineyards Producer website1999 Schramsberg Vineyards Blanc de Blancs(About the wine) ...
Blanc de Blancs (white from white) is the counterpart of Blanc de Noirs (white from black), made from the Chardonnay grape. Blanc de Blancs was the first wine we produced in 1965 and was America's first commercially produced Chardonnay based sparkling wine.
This wine is dry and crisp with abundant flavors of lemon, apple, pear and pineapple. Small lots of malolactic and barrel-fermented wines are added for complexity. The wine is aged on the yeast lees in the bottle for about three years prior to disgorgement. With its bright fruit and crisp characters, this sparkling wine will maintain its freshness, structure and refined finish for many years following its initial release.
This is our "oysters on the half shell" sparkling wine, with a citrus-like crispness that makes it ideal with a variety of fresh seafood. It is also delicious by itself as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to light poultry, cheese and vegetable courses.
Our Blanc de Blancs received world recognition in 1972 when it was served for the "Toast to Peace" in Beijing between President Nixon and Premier Chou En-Lai. It has since been served by our Presidents at home and abroad on countless occasions.Chardonnay 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 CaliforniaNapa Valley.http://www.stagecoachvineyard.com/vineyards/our_vineyards.php
Santa Ynez.http://www.everyvine.com/org/Camp_Four/vineyard/Camp_Four/ |
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