2015 Ultramarine Blanc de Blancs Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 93.6 points

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  5/10/2024 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points

  Expressive nose displaying delicious yellow fruit, caramel apple, anise, brioche, sweet spices, and limestone. Medium concentration, generous succulent sweet yellow fruit, fine but medium generous mousse, bright acidity, fine mineral, and a medium to long sweet apple fruit-driven finish with anise at the end. This is a well-made sparkler but a bit different from Champagne. When tasted blind, I can certainly make a fool of myself.

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  3/9/2024 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lively and lovely. More interesting than most blancs de blanc. 12.5%

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  6/23/2023 - Jahull03 wrote:

  Prime time - drinking wonderfully.

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  2/12/2023 - ash_then_chase Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Sweet cream immediately washes over the nose, followed by a rush of by toasted oak, campfire marshmallows, and some fruit, though somewhat challenging to discern at the moment. Yet another wine that *happens* to be sparkling, and enjoyed thoroughly after a few hours post-uncorking, effectively still at that point. Eventually, and certainly on the aftertaste, lengthy and ripe Meyer lemon and tropical fruit as well. I get passion fruit, Maddy gets pineapple. My last bottle, still quite lively 7.5 years post-harvest; even after brushing my teeth, still a feeling of that energetic acidity on the palate (unclear if literally or just an imprinted memory).

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  12/26/2022 - Kemo Sabe wrote:

  The cork was compromised. Almost fell off after I removed the basket. Zero pop when corked pulled. In spite of that this was drinkable and good just more advanced than I would think it should be. Darker yellow color. Bubbles still present. Much more aged that a 2019 disgorgement should be. Alas, onto the next bottle.....

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